LOCALS living in a seaside village dubbed ‘Grumpy-On-Sea’ have revealed they now want to start charging tourists for visiting. The picturesque spot is one of many in Norfolk where resid…
LOCALS living in a seaside village dubbed 'Grumpy-On-Sea' have revealed they now want to start charging tourists for visiting.
The Blakeney-born woman, who works in the village shop, told The Sun: "A tax on tourists and holidaymakers would be a good thing as long as it goes back into the local community to help pay for things like the playing field, car parks and road repairs. "It's very sad that many of the second-home owners contribute nothing to the village, they don't want to integrate and the holidaymakers that come are just passing through.Asda to bring high street fast food brand into stores after buying popular chain
Gail said she'd never in her life seen so many people on holiday in the town - and it's taking its toll."Most of the bigger houses now sell for more than a million pounds and prices are still going through the roof."He said: "Fourty-per-cent of the property in Blakeney is used for holiday lets or as a second home.
"But a lot of second-homes are not paying for local services - we don't want to put off tourists but there has to be some kind of levelling up."A modest levy of just £1 a night on holiday lets and b&bs would help a great deal. But people letting out their houses as aA heap of towns in the area have already started to try to make a change to future-proof their community's survival.
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