If we’re not careful, Cornwall will lose the thing that people come down here to experience
Simon Parker is cycling 3,000 miles around Britain, and in Cornwall finds a county bracing itself for a tourism tsunami There is definitely a correlation between tourism and plastic pollution.
Above the wave-splashed tarmac of the Penzance Promenade, seagulls the size of albatrosses banked and tumbled in the 60mph wind. Wheelie bins had been tossed around the streets like flimsy Tupperware boxes, and in every third parking space a campervan wobbled around on its axes.
Like the rest of the country, Cornwall is now welcoming back tourists, but good luck finding a room. A quick search on Booking.com or Airbnb will reveal a scant selection of mostly overpriced rooms.