People living in tourist spots should probably be concerned right now.

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Now that Boris has said people can drive for exercise and leisure, you know they'll flock to seaside's, lakes, peaks, etc.
Which means if they're carriers they'll be spreading the virus to petrol stations pumps, gates, railings etc.

I don't get the logic behind him saying that tbh.

I think those living in tourists spots should relax. No hotels, restaurants, cafes, pubs, campsites etc open. That will seriously limit numbers, and restrict arrivals to staying outside.

Earliest possible opening of the hospitality industry is 1 July, and only if things have gone well in the interim period, and the premises can demonstrate social distancing etc. I think it would be a fair assumption that businesses are unlikely to be allowed to open properly until after the end of the summer season, which will ensure they don't open for low season either as they won't be able to afford to. Most tourist businesses cover low season losses with high season profits.

Wonder how many hospitality businesses will have gone bust by next Spring?

@StealthPolarBear car parks and public toilets aren't closed? I live in a very chocolate box village in the south east and our village car park is open and I've definitely had a wee in the loo as my bladder sometimes doesn't believe in the virus!

I won’t be driving anywhere more than maybe 10-20 miles, and even Then I can’t see the point other then letting the dog have a run on the beach. It’s impossible anyway when there are no public toilets.

I hope some hospitality businesses can spill out onto the pavement. I go to St Ives a lot, I coujd see that the closing of the main pedestrianised street to traffic would allow some of those businesses to trade in July and August. I’ll be taking my tourist pound to them and spending over the odds if necessary.

It doesn't like uv light so it does not live as long out in the open as it does indoors

Rubbish.

This is the beach we drove to the week before lockdown. When everyone was ranting about “covidiots” going to beaches.

I live at the coast. The beaches have been quiet, as they usually are in spring with most people at work or in school. But there was a sudden spike in popularity once we were supposed to stay at home and only go out once a day. Suddenly everyone was determined to have their exercise at the beach, and not just locals. The police turned away a family who drove over 60 miles for their "exercise".

"People will think it is ok to drive 4 hours to the Lakes. The police have spent all weekend turning around and fining people who have done that and now it appears ok to do it on Wednesday""

It's now allowed. The police can no longer turn them back. Life moves on. There was always going to be a point where this would happen.

I'm really taken aback by the response on here. You know, people will remember this when lockdown is over and those tourist spots need income.

You also don't own the area. You just own your property. If we took that view in London regarding those who don't live here, you'd experience a very different place.

The countryside belongs to everyone.

Out of the city’s into the county side, well the will get herd immunity up then!!

@CrystalTipped so surely that means the family will drive 60 miles again next weekend?

I think those living in tourists spots should relax. No hotels, restaurants, cafes, pubs, campsites etc open. That will seriously limit numbers, and restrict arrivals to staying outside.

A lot of people live within driving distance of a beach. And (inevitably for some) when they get here and are baffled by the lack of icecream vans and chip shops they will head to the same two supermarkets the locals use...

The kind of tourists they want are the kind of entitled fuckbags who would go during a global pandemic well all be just fine ta

Um. Our toilets and car parks and restaurants have been closed. Day trippers shat everywhere and left adult human faeces, nappies and used tampons everywhere. They parked along country roads because the car parks were barricaded off. They lined up outside our only supermarket and emptied the store so that residents couldn’t get groceries (or in fact go anywhere for fear of infection. No one is distancing.
We should just relax though. The only thing worse will be the bounce in infection rates. Luckily it snowed today. That will help.

I agree with Serenada. She’s articulated that succinctly.

Hoping for a regional continued lockdown in Cumbria (perhaps stricter measures regarding exercise and travel, footpaths/rights of way closed) due to our high case numbers.

That’s really awful, Penfold.

@Yankathebear

Presumably you’d prefer not to see any visitors ever again? The vitriol I’ve seen on here directed towards Cornwall tourists has no doubt deterred many of them permanently.

Day trippers shat everywhere and left adult human faeces, nappies and used tampons everywhere. They parked along country roads

Not limited to day trippers.
Delivery men and people on the way to and from work/childcare leave all the above in our lane. Nappies, bags of pop...I have picked it up. People are gross.

if you use a petrol pump you must either wear gloves to fill your tank or wash your hands afterwards, or both. Washing your hands will stop the spread from the petrol pump to you if a person with the virus has touched it on Monday and you touch the same pump on days following - that is why the message was

wash your hands for 20 seconds

The problem for us in our village is that it's very small so we can't social distance when there are a lot of tourists. We already saw this on the weekend and police were checking people in the car park after a while. It means we have to avoid the centre of the village altogether which obviously decreases our own enjoyment as we like to feed the ducks once or twice a week.

@serenada

What a short sighted and mean spirited thing to say. The countryside isn’t a theme park where all the residents are employees to serve tourists. It is a factory churning out food for the country. It is a work space for most who live there.

The tourism is recent and hotly debated. Most of us live here because we work here. Many of my elderly neighbours were born here before the tourists came.

The elderly in my village can’t get online deliveries but they’ve still been able to walk to the little local supermarket and get everything they need.

They won’t be able to do that if the village is full of tourists again.

Does your need to see a nice view Trump their need for food?

Do people seriously not realise that touristy spots are already having visitors? I've lost track of the numbers of tourists that have been stopped and fined coming to where I live who think "going for a walk on the beach" or "its my holiday time" is a good enough reason, they get worse after that!

For those thinking a quieter beach is a good thing it's really not, sand shifts, you can find yourself in danger very easily. Not everywhere has mobile signal access, you can forget any kind of mobile tracking in my area. None that usually have lifeguards working do (those that are the most deserted and dangerous).

You are not only putting yourself at risk but the those expected to rescue you as well.

Then there's the terminally stupid who think camping on a deserted beach is a good idea. A deserted beach which at high tide doesn't exist. And had the nerve to complain on social media about the police, rnli and coastguard being heavy handed. At the time of being found their car was already sinking into the sand and their lives at risk. But no lets complain about the people who saved our lives.

I expect I'll be reported again to the police this week then for being a tourist. Great. Total waste of everyone's sodding time that is.

I live in a seaside town. I've been able to walk to the beach and it's been great. It's time for other people to enjoy it too - it's not like anything is open other than the pavement.

I'm more excited that I can get in the car and drive to the moor for a change of scene and thus people out the house will be spread further. Win win.

Whilst I understand that people don't want everyone and their dog invading and contaminating them, many places live almost entirely off their tourism industry. Be interesting to see if their entire industry is basically eliminated due to the vitriol, 'cos that, too, will have an impact on "locals" eventually.

And for those who struggle with why tourists aren’t wanted at the moment- a single infected person at a funeral in France has possibly infected 127 other people through a chain of infection. From just going to that one funeral.

So your day trip out to the country could cause a hotspot in another part of the country.