Tourism at what cost

My village like so many others has witnessed appalling behaviour from visitors and some locals

Total disregard for those of us who live here no respect for social distancing

We have worked hard to stay safe now because of the force of tourism that has been put at risk

The council must take responsibility for a lot of the issues especially where height barriers have been taken down causing mayhem with massive numbers of motor homes and other camper vans just using the car park as a campsites in one day there were 26 in the car park and still the road into the village was gridlocked god help us in August

Total disregard for the residents and that has been encouraged by ridiculous measures brought in by councillors with no thought or consultation with those who are directly affected disgraceful

Now as we venture forward we are faced with the flags saying come on let’s have more people in Cornwall staycations that’s the way

But where are these people to go in our already overcrowded beautiful county

I agree with the observation that the Calibre of people coming has changed dramatically showing disgraceful behaviour using the dunes as toilets peeing up the toilet block walls and worse in full view of the residents

So why are toilets not open for a sensible timescale if you’re encouraging people to come you must have the facilities to cope if not then it’s ludicrous

Overfilling the bins which are totally inadequate sizes with huge amounts of rubbish

So if we want an environment that reflects why we live here respecting our county asking more and more people to come is not the answer

The situation of trying to buy property is a massive problem every time you find something before you can get even a viewing it’s been taken by out of county buyers we need a locals only moratorium to stop this happening even though we all become hypocrites when we need to sell as the heighest bidder wins

In very popular seaside areas I think a park and ride might be the answer then the numbers can be monitored so the locals are not afraid to walk through their own villages

No more building in Cornwall unless it’s for locals at reasonable rates we cannot sustain this madness of second homes

We need a sustainable industry led commerce giving people long term job prospects this can be done by creating jobs that are useful to the communities encouraging clean neighbourhoods making use of what we have here already let’s make communities feel part of the financial input in Cornwall no matter how small

Let’s make Cornwall ours again for the future