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Twelve months ago, we wrote that many people would be glad to see the back of 2020. A fair proportion of those people who would probably have similar sentiments to 2021. But while the pandemic has again cast its shadow over the year, as we all adjust and learn to live with the situation, 2021 actually generated a few more headlines than just Covid-19. And many of those headlines were quite positive, particularly for Cornwall. For once we were allowed to open up, there was much to cheer about. While staff issues,
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in particular, hampered by pingdemic and Brexit in equal measure certainly caused serious issues, the tourist sector still enjoyed a bumper summer of business.
many were thinking about.
In June, the world’s focus was fixed upon Cornwall
Of course, the year was dominated by G7.
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As for the legacy it will leave, that’s probably a little more subjective. Will Joe Biden return for his summer holiday next year, probably not. But even the most pessimistic can’t deny that Cornwall shone in the sun.
From the day in January, it was announced that the world’s leaders would be descending upon Carbis Bay in the summer, there was little else
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Ultimately, it was all a whirlwind as the circus swept out as fast as it had swept it. For those few days in June, the world’s focus was fixed upon Cornwall. And let’s be honest, we all enjoyed it didn’t we?
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“Cornwall has SEEDS OF GROWTH done very well on national tourism, it’s been top of the pops for a decade or so. And that’s great, but if you want to have a greater spend per head, which is what we should really be striving for, you may need an international market.”
“Obviously, a lot of people do these trade missions and do very well out of them, but down here in Cornwall I found it quite hard. You’re trying to run a business, you haven’t got time to go swanning of on missions to Japan and China all the time.”
Toby Ashworth, proprietor of the Nare Hotel, March.
Nick Whitworth, founder of Celtic & Co, May.
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