{"id":146759,"date":"2024-08-16T23:05:42","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T16:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/as-tourists-dive-into-st-ives-locals-are-under-the-cosh-letters\/"},"modified":"2024-08-23T08:24:33","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T01:24:33","slug":"as-tourists-dive-into-st-ives-locals-are-under-the-cosh-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/as-tourists-dive-into-st-ives-locals-are-under-the-cosh-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"As tourists dive into St Ives, locals are under the cosh | Letters"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMichael Bird fears the patient zero of British overtourism may soon end up on life support. Will Sleath says the town is definitely not desolate in winter Having lived in St Ives since 1994, I can say \u2013 with some sadness \u2013 that Tanya Gold paints a pretty recognisable picture of the way this beautiful town is buckling under the pressures of high-value overtourism and the relentless squeeze on what\u2019s available for locals \u2013 the foundations, in other words, of sustainable community life (\u2018It\u2019s just a rich man\u2019s playground now\u2019: how St Ives became patient zero of British overtourism, 10 August). If you\u2019re struggling to find a long-term residential let, let alone pay the rent, you\u2019re not going to be able to cheer yourself up with a \u00a329 seafood linguine from what was once an affordable\u00a0local cafe.What Gold doesn\u2019t say is that local government has a crucial role\u00a0to play in enabling the full\u2011time residents of St Ives to carry on our daily lives \u2013 to bring up families, work and contribute to the community. Or so you\u2019d think. But the terror of deterring tourists by making it, say, even slightly more difficult or expensive to drive\u00a0into St Ives is leading to decisions that, once again, put locals under the cosh. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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