Editing Cornwall (section)

===Tourism===
[[File:Cliffs at Bedruthan.jpg|thumb|The cliffs at Bedruthan]]
Cornwall has a tourism-based seasonal economy which is estimated to contribute up to{{clarify|date=June 2018}} 24% of Cornwall's gross domestic product.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://db.cornwall.gov.uk/ltp/marchannex2/chapter_57.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080615022352/http://db.cornwall.gov.uk/ltp/marchannex2/chapter_57.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 June 2008 |title=Home Page – Cornwall Council |publisher=Db.cornwall.gov.uk |access-date=2 November 2015 }}</ref> In 2011 tourism brought £1.85&nbsp;billion into the Cornish economy.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Tourist-earnings-pound-9bn-Devon-Cornwall/story-17646443-detail/story.html |title=Tourist earnings top £9bn in Devon and Cornwall |newspaper=Western Morning News |date=21 December 2012 |access-date=2 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614184548/http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Tourist-earnings-pound-9bn-Devon-Cornwall/story-17646443-detail/story.html |archive-date=14 June 2015 }}</ref> Cornwall's unique culture, spectacular landscape and mild climate make it a popular tourist destination, despite being somewhat distant from the United Kingdom's main centres of population. Surrounded on three sides by the [[English Channel]] and [[Celtic Sea]], Cornwall has many miles of beaches and cliffs; the [[South West Coast Path]] follows a complete circuit of both coasts. Other tourist attractions include moorland, country gardens, museums, historic and prehistoric sites, and wooded valleys. Five million tourists visit Cornwall each year, mostly drawn from within the UK.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitcornwall.com/xsdbimgs/Tourism%20in%20Cornwall%202007.pdf |publisher=Visit Cornwall |date=2007 |title=Tourism in Cornwall 1992 to 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118012613/http://www.visitcornwall.com/xsdbimgs/Tourism%20in%20Cornwall%202007.pdf |archive-date=18 January 2012 }}. The total number of visitors to Cornwall includes those on business and visiting relatives.</ref> Visitors to Cornwall are served by the airport at [[Newquay]], whilst private jets, charters and helicopters are also served by [[Perranporth]] airfield; nightsleeper and daily rail services run between Cornwall, London and other regions of the UK.

Newquay and [[Porthtowan]] are popular destinations for surfers. In recent years, the [[Eden Project]] near [[St Austell]] has been a major financial success, drawing one in eight of Cornwall's visitors in 2004.<ref>Scottish Executive, 2004. ''[http://www.scottishexecutive.gov.uk/library5/education/lrcas-14.asp A literature review of the evidence base for culture, the arts and sport policy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051215135424/http://www.scottishexecutive.gov.uk/library5/education/lrcas-14.asp |date=15 December 2005 }}''.</ref>

In the summer of 2018, due to the recognition of its beaches and weather through social media and the marketing of travel companies, Cornwall received about 20 per cent more visitors than the usual 4.5&nbsp;million figure. The sudden rise and demand of tourism in Cornwall caused multiple traffic and safety issues in coastal areas.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cornwall-struggling-visitors-tourism-weather-heat-social-media-a8488211.html|title=Heatwave leaves Cornwall so overcrowded it stops promoting beaches|work=The Independent|access-date=29 August 2018|language=en-GB|archive-date=29 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829183926/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cornwall-struggling-visitors-tourism-weather-heat-social-media-a8488211.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In October 2021, Cornwall was longlisted for the [[UK City of Culture]] 2025, but failed to make the March 2022 shortlist.<ref>{{cite web |title=UK City of Culture 2025 Shortlist Revealed |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-city-of-culture-2025-shortlist-revealed/ |website=Gov.UK|access-date=8 November 2022 }}</ref>