To detest people that think they own beautiful parts of the world?

I agree. I don't beleive you should be entitled to a privilege just becuase of the circumstances of your birth. Being born in a nice area shouldn't make you more entitled to live there. Being born into a family that have connections to a university shouldn't give you a right to attend that university. But I'm also pro immigration and such, I believe people are people and shouldn't be segregated by things they have no control in.

That's right, I don't. Had a lovely time in a B&B last month.

Absolutely. I think it’s more about wealthy folk descending on desirable places en masse because they had the good fortune to be able to sell a home in London or the south east and use the collateral to buy a converted barn in the Dales or a pied a terre in York…

Who is doing those tourism jobs, though? Nobody is going to commute for an hour to earn tourism wages. If nobody can afford to live in an area, who is working in the restaurants and shops the tourists need?

You want space, but you are also going to want somewhere to buy your milk, someone to serve you a drink in the pub, wait on your table in a restaurant. Where do you imagine these people come from? Where are they living? What are they doing in the winter when you and others like you aren't there? Where are their jobs then, when there's nobody to serve because all the houses are empty?

I live in a tourist town. There’s a balance to be had- yes tourism has to be promoted and welcomed to an extent as it brings in money and jobs. But that can’t come at the cost of the place losing its initial charm, losing services for locals or resulting in housing shortages.
for example- unregulated holiday lets (air bnb) are resulting in housing shortages and issues for residents as they exploit planning loopholes. This loophole needs to be closed - fine if folk want to run a holiday let but they need to apply for permission and do it properly.
likewise tourist town centres need to have shops that locals need- hardware shops, clothing shops, pharmacies etc and not just have become tourist tat shops and bars- York city centre is a prime example of this - half the shambles are Harry Potter shops - despite no link Harry Potter (yet the tourists come and buy their wands!).

What do these people want to do for a living then once the tourist money goes?
Subsidised housing and benefits to live off so they can enjoy the views?!

I don’t know where you live but I've never heard anyone complaining about it here. Although to be fair there are so few locals it sounds really odd if you hear a local accent 😯

Do you never stay in a cottage or anything?

Absolutely nothing wrong with people moving to wherever they want, it’s the second home owners who are the problem. I think maybe sometimes people confuse the two. Having perfectly decent family homes empty for large parts of the year when local people can’t find anywhere to live is a real problem where I live. I don’t sense any hostility towards the tourists but definitely to the second home owners. Difficult thing is without the second homes, where would the tourists stay? It’s a vicious cycle really.

Second homes and Airbnbs are ruinous. They make it not only expensive but disconnected and unsafe to live in a place.

Well if you already live there what’s the problem?

But who does it apply to and who does it not? As zileri says in their excellent post, what about if someone born and raised in a scenic place moves to Spitalfields, earns lots and pushes up prices there so East Enders have to move away?

Also if you’ve sold to Jane at less than the market rate you are reliant on somebody doing the same to you if you are moving within area. Most people aren’t going to have the luxury of being able to do that if they need to upsize.

Well no one is stopping you from moving to that area are they?

I moved to a ‘nice’ touristy part of the country. No one stopped me, no one’s complained. Second homes though are a bugbear as they take permanent homes off the market.

It does get very busy in the summer but I realise that the nature of where I live and I’m used to it now.

Agree with you, OP, 100%.

The houses are expensive here because it's such a lovely place to live but there isn't much employment except for from tourism

This is where the real problem lies but YANBU

Are you applying this free for all globally OP, or just UK nationals? So, born in some shithole somewhere in the world, just move to Cornwall.

I can see it both ways really. We were in Cornwall in the summer and it was quite clear that the centre of the village was mostly holiday homes and let’s. This must be a bit depressing for locals when it’s out of season and there’s no real community feel. At the same time I think you should be allowed buy and live where you can afford to. We live in a rather expensive area, we certainly couldn’t have afforded to in the decade or so after university and I wouldn’t expect my children to think that just because they were raised here they are automatically entitled to be able to afford to live similarly. That’s something they can work towards.

And it’s fine if you do want the highest offer for your property but at least acknowledge you then become part of the problem re locals getting priced out & it isn’t just the newcomers changing the area.