Tourism important but not the only industry in Cornwall

I have thought for a while that although tourism is important to the economy of the County it shouldn't be the only industry that gets any support.

We have a long history of Engineering and still have some cutting edge engineering companies as well as some traditional but highly skilled ones, these companies bring in money from out of the county and pay far in excess of the minimum wage that is often the norm for many employed in tourism related jobs.

We need a wide mix of industries that employ people year round in well paid jobs that allow them to thrive in our county rather than just survive.

Another point is the ever growing number of second homes, this drives up the cost of housing and makes many villages ghost towns in the winter, if this continues we will have no residents left to provide year round basic servives.