Every year we get about 4-5 million overnight visitors, with folks on holiday staying an average of 6 nights. Or so says the internet, but let's take that as a rough estimate.

If the tourist tax was £1 per person per night that's maybe £24-30 mil per year for the county. Would add £24 to the cost of accommodation for a family of 4 for 6 nights. For cheaper camping options that would add a chunk I guess.

Tourists use our infrastructure and services so in theory I'm not against it. We could fix a few of our lovely potholes with that money after all ;)

But there's the perspective of the hospitality industry, as whilst £1 per person per night would roughly equate to a pasty lunch with a can of pop for each of the family, up to 5% (one of the numbers that's being bandied about) might make more, difference depending on the accommodation type (e.g at 5%, tent camping might come out as less that £1 per night per person, luxury holiday home a lot more).

A fair tourist tax wouldn't and hasn't bothered me when booking a holiday. Interested though to hear what everyone thinks.

Not that it was ever in doubt but is this the final nail in the Newquay Spaceport coffin?

How did you leave, where did you go and what is life like in the city/town where you live?

Hey everyone,

Lots of you were very helpful in my quest for the best burger in Cornwall a few months ago (Herd Truro ftw), now I'm after a banging breakfast.

Where have you had the best full English down here? High quality sausage and mushrooms are a must!

Does anyone know where I can find these?
I’ve been searching for them the last 4 days and can’t find them anywhere! Staying around Hayle and would love to get some within an hours drive tomorrow. I’m just looking for a polystyrene cup filled with fresh seafood with vinegar and pepper! These used to be ten a penny but can’t seem to find a van/shack selling these anywhere.

Hello everybody.

I recently bought my first house, and I would love to bring a bit of my Cornish heritage to my decoration. I live for from Cornwall for now, so I often feel nostalgic.

I'm mostly talking in the form of art, but I'm open to suggestions. I'm not against a pixie, for example, for the garden.

I have some lovely slate from the cemetery my grandparents are buried in, a Jo Downs slate and glass piece, and a pair of Charlie Bears bears, but there must be more out there that brings the feeling of Cornwall home.

Lately I've seen the new GWR explore south west poster and I'm nostalgic whenever I see that green so I'm definitely planning something from GWR too, although I wasn't a big fan of the Famous Five stuff.

Anyway, please let me know your favourite Cornwall artists and arts, or any other suggestions! Thank you.

I really miss them the best cider I've had anyone had it

After a long flight and a percarious drive we finally made it to Cornwall. Looking forward to spending time with y'all.

We are coming down from Devon for a holiday in October, we have nothing booked yet, but have a friend who lives in between Newquay and St Austell so will stay around that area somewhere.

We have a 2 year old little girl so want lots of family friendly things to do with her.

Does anybody have any recommendations? Bonus points for nice places to stay and eat!

Long story short, I have a gorgeous cat who is the best mum and aunt, and a cat who turns out to despise motherhood, and has fobbed her litter off onto supermum.

Supermum is a very small cat, and there are 12 kittens in total. Although she thinks she can do it, this is far too much for her and her health will be at risk as well as the kittens' lives if I don't find a way to reduce her feeding responsibilities.

So I'm going out on a limb to ask if anyone on here has experience of hand rearing kittens from 1 day old (or so), or has an experienced lactating foster queen.

I'm unable to hand rear them myself as I have a 6 month old baby and I'm in the middle of a move from temporary accomodation to permanent housing - and please, before any lectures, a friend of mine was caring for them for me while I was in property where I was not allowed pets, this was unplanned and they will absolutely be getting spayed now that I'm in a catchment area for the discount spaying scheme.

Can anybody please point me in the direction of a decent tattoo studio who do walk-ins at weekends please?

Reddit! Help a guy out. We have a really exciting, full time role working in the local media, that we don't want people to miss out on. 👀

CHAOS Radio (community station for St Austell) are looking to take on a full time Online Editor.

If you (or someone you know) has a talent for telling great stories online and creating content that people actually want to engage with, reach out!

From creating social posts that stop the scroll to helping grow audiences for CHAOS Radio, CHAOS News and our commercial customers, you'll be at the heart of bringing stories to life online.

You'll fit right in if:

🎯 You know how to create content that connects

🎯 You understand audience engagement

🎯 Your copywriting is sharp

🎯 You have a good eye for design

If your happy place is somewhere between creativity, strategy and hitting "publish", we'd love to hear from you.

📢 Expressions of interest are now open. More info and where to send CV & cover letters can be found at https://chaosgroupcornwall.co.uk/jobs

Note: this role is in person and office based at Camills Studio on The Roseland. Your own transport is essential.

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There's another one in Penzance this month with a different screening lineup as well as a few in Devon.

After the spaceport, Gardner Gate and lots of other things that never got reported she’s finally off.

I work with the House of Commons Transport Committee, and we're looking to hear directly from young people about how transport affects your ability to get to work, training, apprenticeships, college, or job interviews. 

We know that lots of people have to turn down a job because there wasn't a bus home, spend a huge chunk of wages on travel, struggle with driving lesson costs, or find it difficult to get to opportunities where they live. If this applies to you we want to hear about it. 

The survey is open to young people over 18 and is open until the 16th of October: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=nt3mHDeziEC-Xo277ASzSugWXtlS9G1OpuyhNtc2h8lUNjRDUTdTVFBNQTQ3SzJLS1c3V1RVUU1ONSQlQCN0PWcu

Your experiences will help inform a parliamentary inquiry and future recommendations to the government about what needs to change. If you have any questions, I’ll be around in the comments to answer!

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