People who live and work in the Cornish seaside town St Ives talk about the challenges facing their community.
The Cornish seaside town of St Ives attracts thousands of visitors, drawn each year to its beautiful beaches and thriving art scene. But for those who live and work here, ordinary life in a tourist hotspot brings huge challenges they are demanding politicians address.Ben Hodgkinson is busy scanning the harbour in the midday sun, trying to catch the eye of passers-by and sell them tickets for boat trips to see seals and dolphins.
Ben thinks he knows which way he will vote, but says he has not been entirely convinced by what he has heard so far."Local jobs are in short supply and wages are terrible."According to the St Ives Tourism Association, the town has the second highest visitor-related spend in the UK, topping £85m a year."Tourism is a blessing and a curse," says Ben."It is a lovely place to be but lots of people can't afford to stay here to live.
A little further along the street, plastering the hallway of the property that has been his wife's family home since 1895, pensioner Nick Gould is feeling disillusioned.
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