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[Bury the Trash]

Utter rubbish, tourism lives on the back of farming, like tics on a ewe. I suggest you research the number of full time permanent jobs in each industry-and don't forget the support industries like food processing & manufacturing, the supply industry etc. I also suggest that the farming value of the westcountry is a very large "fraction" of the GVA figure you quote.

So why was there such an uproar from the tourist industry when the countryside went into lockdown during FMD?

No one visits the westcountry to admire the scenic sink estates of Plymouth, Exeter or St Austell.

No farming = no tourism

Rubbish .
Tourism is not dependant on Ag.and with regards to that example..... people were discouraged (probably quite rightly) also perhaps a bit afraid ......to come to the countryside during the f&m outbreak , Tourism suffered because of that obviously, the Moors , beaches , beautiful countryside was still there ...

 

[Exfarmer]

Rubbish .
Tourism is not dependant on Ag.and with regards to that example..... people were discouraged (probably quite rightly) also perhaps a bit afraid ......to come to the countryside during the f&m outbreak , Tourism suffered because of that obviously, the Moors , beaches , beautiful countryside was still there ...

No you misunderstand, they would not be interested in coming if there was no countryside.
when I am touring Asia the travel agents all say fly round the country all our Customers do, it is far more comfortable and cheaper. I say no I want to see the real country, not the plastic all inclusive resorts.
people come to the UK for many reasons, but they dont go to the west country for the sand and cheap booze, they go to see that beautiful lush patchwork of fields and woods , hill and moor that has been created by generations of farmers

 

[betweenthelines]

Economy of Cornwall - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Farming and food processing 12% of employment, tourism 20%.

Farming always thinks its so important, its not. Its been indulged for 70 years with subsidies, and that has swollen its head.

Ah yes, wikipedia-the source of all things true. And I thought you were using dodgy figures from the like Dept of Trade, Office of National Statistics etc.

 

[ollie989898]

Ah yes, wikipedia-the source of all things true. And I thought you were using dodgy figures from the like Dept of Trade, Office of National Statistics etc.

In fairness, these days, a great deal of the 'discussion' on Wikipedia is often backed up by references or links to what could be broadly considered 'evidence'.

 

[Exfarmer]

In fairness, these days, a great deal of the 'discussion' on Wikipedia is often backed up by references or links to what could be broadly considered 'evidence'.

The more I read on Wiki , the less I am inclined to believe it. Huge amounts of it are pure rubbish, with no science behind it at all,

 

[Goweresque]

Cornish economy:

https://www.cornwall.gov.uk/media/3624007/Economy-and-Culture-Strategy-Evidence-Base.pdf

Page 4: GVA of farming £165m. GVA of food and drink processing £239m. GVA of Hotels and Catering £445m. So just the hospitality trade alone outweighs farming and food processing by itself. Thats without all the other service industries that rely on tourist footfall and money. The service sector accounts for £1.5bn of GVA in Cornwall, I guess all that money comes from farmers......

 

[Sid]

they go to see that beautiful lush patchwork of fields and woods , hill and moor that has been created by generations of farmers

Stuff like that

 

[Purli R]

Thought this thread was about a cockwomble on a tractor.

 

[Hfd Cattle]

Or about a bloke pulling a caravan that was holding all the traffic up cos he wouldn't overtake a slow moving tractor