What tourist think of our island

I spend an hour today talking to our tourists about our island here is a list of what they think

POSITIVE
lovely beaches
good shops
good bus service
tourism information fantastic
nice people
fuel cheap

NEGATIVE
airport to big for small island
don't like all the big modern glass buildings
to many cars
a lot of litter in high street
expensive to eat out
hotels very expensive

i was at Gy airport yesterday, on one of my regular trips from Jy.
Sandwish & a bottle of water £4-90. abit steepe i think.

Noticed on the menu board 2 slices of buttered toast with jam £1-59, thats 60p a slice, tooooooomuch

Unfortunately steep as it is - the cafe pay rents/staff/plus buying the bread/butter and jam to sell!!!! I nearly forgot the elctricity bill as well LOL

The simple solution is to walk 100 yards to the petrol station and get refreshments at a quarter of the price.

Spirit wrote:The simple solution is to walk 100 yards to the petrol station and get refreshments at a quarter of the price.

Visitors dont know that,
and they are not worried about rents, wages ect. as mentioned earlier

All airports are the same it goes with the territory - captive audience and all that! Any seasoned traveller makes sure that they eat before getting there or take a snack with them.....

Good on you for finding some tourists in the first place!!!

With the cost of getting here, then the hotel prices and cost of everything... I thought they were almost a forgotten entity!!




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NEGATIVE
airport to big for small island
don't like all the big modern glass buildings
to many cars
a lot of litter in high street
expensive to eat out
hotels very expensive


I cant imagine a tourist is going to complain how big the Airport is.

The big Modern Glass Buildings are probably a complaint people who remember the old Guernsey would Say

Too Many Cars could be a complaint, would be a lot worse if we had the number of Tourists we used to have.

I agree abiut the Litter in many places

There are lots of places that are not expensive to eat out, i went to The Venture Inn Tonight and 2 Courses for £10 seems cheap to me also At The Wayside there are loads of Main Courses under £8, and many other places have similar deals

Hotel Accommodation is probably cheaper this year than it has been for years, Most Hotels cut there rates and there are many deals to be had B & B for £199 per week May/Jun/Sept and only £229 July/August, I really dont call that expensive.