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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Guardian community team

UK tourism workers: how is this summer shaping up?

Carbis Bay, near St Ives, Cornwall, UK.
Carbis Bay, near St Ives, Cornwall, UK. Photograph: Monica Wells/Alamy

With summer just around the corner, many families will have already booked holidays, with plenty opting to stay in the UK.

Although visitor numbers to the UK’s top tourist attractions are increasing, they continue to remain stubbornly below pre-pandemic levels.

It comes as a study found that the seemingly “never-ending” rain last autumn and winter in the UK and Ireland was made 10 times more likely and 20% wetter by human-caused global heating.

We want to hear from people within the UK’s tourism sector about how things are shaping up ahead of summer 2024. Do you rent out a property on Airbnb? How many bookings have you had for this year? How does it compare to previous years?

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