Tourism an alternative view - A blight and a drain ?

I have lived a great deal of my life in Cornwall and grew up here and live here today. The BBC and local news constantly portray tourism as a “good thing” bringing money into our economy.

I consider tourism to be a blight and a drain, giving nothing but low paid low skilled seasonal jobs. The majority of the money made leaves the county holiday parks owned by multinational companies to satisfy the greed of share holders. Cornwall council has an obsession with tourism promoting it to the detriment of everything else.

Cornwall used to be a great beautiful place to live now it is little more than a theme park rammed with tourists. I have seen none of this windfall, facilities in Cornwall are pitiful, nor have any of my friends of family the majority of people don’t benefit from tourism we have very little to show for all we have to put up with, crowded roads full carparks, noise, litter, crime etc.

Thank you

Austin Fuller

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