Cornwall Flashcards
How is Cornwall the most popular tourist area in the uk?
- 4 million people visited in August alone
- it has 700km of coastline full of sandy beaches
What’s the population in Cornwall?
540,000 but this number is slowly increasing
Give some possible issues in Cornwall
- Coastal erosion
- overcrowding
- most employment there links to tourism and is often low payed
What kind of jobs are there in Cornwall?
Medium to low pay jobs that are on a part time contract like m&s customer assistant and Superdrug sales assistant
In what sector are most jobs in Cornwall in?
The tertiary sector
Give ways the primary economy of Cornwall is in decline
- dairy farming reduced by 60% since 2000 largely due to falling milk prices
- collapse in tin prices led to closure of last tin mine in 1998
- China clay quarrying is more popular as its much cheaper
- new EU rules has led to fish stocks being depleted
Give economic issues in Cornwall?
-Cornwall has the uk’s lowest weekly wage, £340 compared to
London’s £660
-most employment is a seasonal part time wage of £7 per hour
-there’s no knowledge economy, mainly low paid workers
Give social issues in Cornwall
- buses serve 70% if the village but there are only 3-4 a day
- young people have to travel 30miles for 6th form
- only 35% of the villages have a doctors surgery and only open one morning a week
Give some environmental issues in Cornwall?
- substandard living environment e.g. damp in homes
- the abandoned quarries have left an ugly wasteland
How could Cornwall improve it’s economy?
- adding more tourist attractions
- make land cheaper to attract offices
- improve the transport infrastructure
How popular was the Eden project when it first opened?
-over 1 million visited in the first 3 months of opening
How has the Eden project appealed to schools?
Over 200,000 school children have visited
How many have visited the Eden project since 2012?
13 million
How is the Eden project expanded?
They are developing projects in China
How did the Eden project attract more tourists?
30,000 came to east Anglia to see angelina jolie’s talk
Where did the Eden project get a lot of it’s build money?
The government
What projects are trying to attract tourists?
Farm shops, tourist accommodation and the Eden project
What are the positives of the farm shops project?
- encourages farm diversification
- generates £700,000 per year
- Lobb Farm shop attracts 200,000 people per year
- sustainable and eco friendly
Give the negatives of farm shops
It’s only got 12 full time jobs and 8 part time jobs
Give positives about tourist accommodation in Cornwall?
- improves Cornwall’s economy as the tourists will then spend money
- means people can explore the rest of Cornwall and will keep bringing tourists
Give a negative of tourist accommodation
The increase in barn conversions has led to reduced nesting places for birds like swallows
Give positives of the Eden project
- has 700 employees and has made 3000 jobs in other sectors
- has generated 1billion for the economy
Give some negatives of the Eden project
- 97% of visitors come by car increasing pollution
- visitor numbers are falling as people don’t come back once they’ve already been
What project is best for Cornwall to invest it’s income?
Farm shops as it doesn’t ruin the environment and workers can earn a fair amount of money and it can continuously attract tourists yearly as it’s something they could do again
