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Come to Cornwall this Bank Holiday weekend and stay for the whole Whitsun half term if you can. The weather is set to be absolutely glorious, and there’s no better place to enjoy it than Cornwall.
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This week we printed our 4 millionth tourist information map of Cornwall, a milestone we are immensely proud of.
Our maps are the most comprehensive collection of tourist information maps for any county in the UK.
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Manchester BID openly admits to using the £2.8m raised through this tax to fund campaigns targeting off season visitors, so let’s face it that will be mostly online advertising.
Great business for Silicon Valley, not so good for the UK economy.
From seaside attractions and surfing culture beginning to boom, to the rise of caravan parks and beach holidays that defined a generation, this is slice of Cornwall’s social history that helps explain how tourism shaped the county into what it is today.
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However low this new levy is set, it will be charged on top of 20% VAT, making UK holidays even more heavily taxed than all European holiday destinations (for example 10% VAT on Italian holidays)
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Patrick Langmaid will be at County Hall on 10 Nov 2025 for “The essential benefits and challenges for Cornwall as a Living Wage Place.”
He’ll be sharing thoughts on what fair pay means for Cornwall’s economy, businesses & employees.
More info 👇
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Yippee!
#EnglishTourismWeek25 starts today
Here at Mother Ivey’s Bay Holiday Park we are celebrating work commencing on our £3.5M investment in new holiday lodges, with another £10M planned over the next 3 years
Our vote of confidence in the future of Cornish hospitality!
View from New Polzeath towards Stepper Point and Trevose Head
Waiting patiently for the sun to set
Not much cloud, but may be just enough to hide the planets!
Excellent work from @FSB_Voice member Patrick @MotherIveysBay. A very important issue for #tourism#environment#locals & those who use the water, make a living on or in it & of course to all of those unwitting creatures that our seas are home to. Come along now @SouthWestWater!
Here is a link to todays Julia Skentelbery @BBCCornwall interview with Patrick Langmaid from @MotherIveysBay and Giles Bristow from Surfers Against Sewage discussing how the South West Water sewage spills are having a direct impact on Cornish tourism…youtu.be/-KkuwOfsPXs?feature…
Patrick Langmaid and Simon Fann, from the Cornwall Living Wage Place group, had a great time chatting with Julie Skentelbery from BBC Radio Cornwall at the Cornwall Chamber Business Fair today!
You can listen to the full five minute interview here… youtu.be/i_FmBnEXYHw?feature…
Porthcurno Beach is a stunning beach on the South West Coast of Cornwall which has been a popular filming location for the Poldark series.
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Thanks @seaswimcornwall for lovely photo.
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This week we have started to take delivery of over 350,000 of our 2024 Tourist Information maps of Cornwall.
We will start distributing these maps throughout Cornwall over the next 3 weeks so they are in place ready for Easter.
#Freemapsofcornwall made and produced in #Cornwall