Support local and sustainable tourism - Dorset Council

 

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Support local and sustainable tourism

 

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by JedHBDC on July 17, 2024 at 03:49PM

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  • Posted by Goldfish July 25, 2024 at 14:31

    I am not sure that tourism is the most important sector in Dorset to support. Could the council support industries that offer more skilled and higher paid jobs?

  • Posted by BW July 25, 2024 at 16:22

    I have no wish to damage the existing tourism sector, but I also don't agree it should be the focus for growth in Dorset. As noted above, jobs in the sector tend to be low paid and often seasonal. It's also a mistake for an area to rely too heavily on any one sector, including tourism. This doesn't benefit our younger people joining the jobs market. Rather, we need a more diversified economy, with higher skilled and better paid jobs in services, manufacturing and so on, including growth sectors such as tech.

  • Posted by ittleoldboy July 27, 2024 at 09:09

    agree, tourism is a low priority, and the source of many problems. Focus on high value economy as others have said.

  • Posted by LindaS July 27, 2024 at 09:58

    Our beach is award winning brings income to Weymouth throughout the year.
    Holiday makers keep our town alive, our beach is free to use, the perfect location for the whole family to enjoy. I talk to holiday makers many who came as children and return with their family, some visiting for the first time are so impressed they tell family and friends.
    We have small business owners who welcome those on holiday they like the opportunity to visit our beach, town and harbour, our parks offer a space to enjoy nature children can use our play parks our visitor centres offer family tickets.

  • Posted by Mattius_Rose July 28, 2024 at 09:41

    I agree that tourism is not the only sector that needs support and giving young people more skilled opportunities is very important.
    For me, “sustainable tourism” means not only sustainable environmentally but also financially and for local communities. This means that the support is for tourism that can be successful year-round which will bring more security for employment and more income for the town overall.

  • Posted by Squawky1 July 30, 2024 at 19:55

    Stop tourism fuelling greed and taking properies out of the rental sector as they all become tourist accomodation. Even my horse suffered when the place we were renting is now tourist lets where his stable was. People need to live here, do you want us all to move away ? Then who will clean up after the tourists ?

  • Posted by Colehill155 August 08, 2024 at 19:18

    Tourism is a low priority in my immediate area

  • Posted by Limpopo29 August 15, 2024 at 16:29

    Yes, but tourism is low hanging fruit and can jeopardise the ecology here and also the housing market as we know too well. It is highly weather dependent. Temporary campsites must be properly controlled as many owners do not adhere to the restrictions and it leads to pressure for parking, excess noise in villages etc. The same applies to festivals - one person gets very rich by causing a great deal of aggravation for others including disturbance to wildlife.

  • Posted by plinn84 August 21, 2024 at 18:10

    Air bnb and similar need controlling - they are businesses and should be business rated, linked to HMRC, and subject to similar regulations as hotels and other accomodation eg. fire regs,. A licensing system would help here.
    So would significantly increasing the council tax on unused/little used properties.

  • Posted by BBResponder September 04, 2024 at 17:03

    Tourism is an essential part of our economy and can also have an impact on rural areas, such as our own in Burton Bradstock Parish where the population swells significantly during the months from Easter to October. this should be considered in the allocation of services to our community as well as sustainable transport and road safety.
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