A completely different type of tourist comes here outside those six weeks. They generally appreciate the place and the people, they're genuinely interested AND they spend money. They're the ones we want all year round but they're also not daft. They avoid coming here during the silly six............................
Thanks, I totally agree, never visit in the summer.
The Duchy is seen at its best without all those other tourists.
I do know what you mean about the six weeks, it happens here after Christmas. Mad city drivers etc, the funniest thing is, they all go to the beach in the morning, then they stream into town to get lunch, an hour later they're all back to the beach again. I suppose I'm lucky really as we live outside the main tourist town, so after shopping etc, we can go home to peace & quiet. Yes we all have names for tourists, we call people from Melbourne mexicans. I think it was the non emmett sticker mentioned in the first post that really irritated me.
Emmets they have always been and emmets they'll always be, that doesn't mean we hate them, only the bloody mindless morons who get drunk and cause fights, damage property and insult local shop keepers (who are Cornish and non Cornish alike) and local residents. These emmets are the worst and we don't need their kind in Kernow at all! :x
Going back to the original post as Diane mentioned, i had a non emmet sticker on my car once and i'm going to get one again. I don't see what your problem is Diane, it's not insulting anyone, just saying we aren't emmets.
I was on a stand at Porthleven RNLI yesterday, and the proportion of people who came over to chat that were emm*cough* visitors and second-home owners was amazingly high.
Jeez did I ever open an old wound. Diane you're a bit out of touch, Emmets may provide revenue but at what price. Usual its the minority that create a bad rep for the majority but these statistics have swung the other way. Oh by the way I do have a Kernow sticker and no I am not a bloody Emmet because I live elsewhere at the moment. Ditto everything Kattell launched with.
We camped off Hayle dunes the other week waiting for the storms to bring better surf and we were surrounded by Emmets whose tents were surrounded by their disguarded litter in the form of beer cans, food wrappers takeaway packaging, etc etc etc they arrived back at their tents shouting & pissed often puking and pissing on route between midnight and 3am each night. In the end there was a fairly ugly ruck where we laid down some rules of common decency and respectful behaviour. I have no doubt they behaved the same in St Ives at night based on what we saw amongst those northern plonkas roaming the streets in the evenings.
Marhak how right you are too......bring back the non Emmet sticker. Trouble is of course the places you would have bought these from are now owned by bloddy Emmets.
Well, I sometimes holiday in England, and have to say I've always been well received and looked after.so far.. and as far as I can tell where I've been, tourists are referred to as 'visitors' 'trippers' (or cutomers!).....
But I have no idea what we were called behind our backs.....!
Its good to see other places, and how they try to attract tourism, and the sort of value they give. I get a better perspective on how we do things here at home.
I think it's about time that tourists were classified as a form of industrial waste! They are a massive inconvinience and cost to all those not involved in tourism and it is about time the rest of us got compensated for the environmental pollution caused by the tourist industry. As it stands we actually subsidise it!
(please not slight tounge in cheek, but point still stands)
I think Mr & Mrs Emmett may have a case for suing for deformation of character.
Yes they do exist as I found out to my amusement when I had to check their booking, it was real enough and I think they came from the Midlands although I wouldn't swear to it.
Lets be thankful that the largest majority of the youthful bonking hallraisers go to NEWQUAY, (which has been courting them for years). Apparently something like a quarter of ALL Cornwall's tourists stay in Newquay.
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