In the latest episode of "War on cars": Brighton's fall in tourism since 2020 is due to increased parking prices, definitely not the Covid lockdownsBella Sankley, a Labour councillor in Brighton has accused the Green Party's increase in parking fee for drivers for causing the popular tourist destination to supposedly see fewer people come in the last three years and suffer a £1.2m fall in parking revenue.
Am I forgetting any particular global event which might have put off the said people to go and have fun at the beaches? As much as I'd like to, I just can't seem to get around and do this trick of forgetting. But seems like someone has figured out a way to erase those wretched memories of being stuck in your home in your PJs, watching too much YouTube and Netflix, and eating an ungodly amount of Skittles. Erm, the last one might be just specific to me.
The Greens were running a minority administration since 2020 until earlier this year, until the Labour won back majority of the Brighton and Hove City Council, and during that time, the former party presided over a string of increases in the cost of parking in the city for visitors and permit-holding residents.
But the convenient rewriting of the last three years and somehow blaming the increased parking fee for people for not leaving their houses as much to go to the beach has left people on social media baffled.June 28, 2023There is no link between this and the drop in tourism, you clutching at straws. The country as a whole is going through a cost of living crisis. People would not be put off just because of a rise in car parking.