Tourists

[SpokeyDokey]

Busy in the SW Lakes.

Major component of the local economy although the caravans & motorhomes cause chaos and the tourists who are driving v.slowly whilst ooh-ing and aah-ing at the lovely scenery can grate a bit.

 

[MontyVeda]

Warrington is heaving with tourists. It is reported we had 2 in the same week recently.

Should have reported 'em to the police... they're obviously lost.

 

[Hugh Manatee]

This afternoon we're heading off to visit the place of my birth to see my mum and dad who still live there.

Totnes seems busy all the time and in the holidays is generally at a total standstill as it is the last bridge over the River Dart.

 

[snorri]

More than ever, but most arrive on cruise ships around 10.00, they don't have cars and therefore cause little interruption to normal life, and they're all gone by 18.00.

 

[Salty seadog]

Well, in Dover we just let them in and out. They don't hang around.

 

[marshmella]

I avoid this problem entirely by living near to Wolverhampton. Never see a single tourist.

On the downside, I live near to Wolverhampton.

I dunno you tend to hear plenty of foreign accents in the West Midlands I'm guessing these could well be tourists/ visitors

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

Barnsley council wants tourism in Penistone. But when there's any events the yellow cones come out so they can't park. And the tourist information office that they vowed to keep open after TDY closed again after a few weeks.

 

[simonali]

I live near Bath. Unsurprisingly I see the odd tourist.

It, too, has Jane Austen connections.

 

[Fnaar]

Thankfully, Northumberlnd is so big that you don't notice the summer influx

 

[Zimbob]

Aye, there's been a fair increase in them up here over the last couple of years. A lot more campervans recently too, which can be a bit of a pest on the single-track roads.
I work over in Skye every so often, and it's been just rammed with tourists the last two years...

 

[Andy in Germany]

We visit York quite a lot for shopping, it gets tourist all year round but noticeable moor in summer, its hard to tell if there is more this year because its rammed as usual.

I like to see the tourists it makes for a good atmosphere.

My parents live in York and report it is rammed.

It always fascinated me in York that in the centre there are people speaking every language possible and photographing anything, yet if you go more than a few hundred metres from the centre and around a corner, suddenly the population density plummets and you're in a normal street surrounded by locals.

The old city is fantastic onna bike before six.

 

[Andy in Germany]

Not many tourists in my area unsurprisingly. Even the locals don't visit.

I dunno, I was in Nuneaton once.

Came to Germany soon after.

 

[Andy in Germany]

The Borough Council appear to have a policy of actively dissuading visitors by turning Northampton into one of the the most carp towns in the country. Not sure about the policy but you cannot fault the vigor with which it is being implemented. The County Council have now picked up on the idea and have decided to take the whole country down as well.

For a county council, you've got admire their ambition there.

 

[wonderloaf]

I live near Bath. Unsurprisingly I see the odd tourist.

It, too, has Jane Austen connections.

I live near Basingstoke which is also the birthplace of Jane Austen (well almost). Surprisingly we do see the odd tourist but once they've exhausted the Austen trail I think they hightail it out of town. One of my favourite bike routes goes through the village she lived in and a few times I've met tourists (usually American) stumbling around trying to find the house she was born in, which is difficult as it no longer exists!

 

[Serge]

I dunno, I was in Nuneaton once.

Came to Germany soon after.

That seems to happen a lot.