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Johnson: 'We've got to get tourism going again'

Government
James Chapple
30 April 2020

"We’ve got to get tourism going again" – that was the defiant message from prime minister Boris Johnson in response to a question from a holiday let owner during Thursday’s government coronavirus briefing (30 April).

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"We are getting enquiries daily to book our holiday let from June onwards," said Michelle in Cornwall.

"But we are worried there will be an influx of people coming away from the cities to tourism hotspots, which could bring a second wave [of coronavirus] to areas such as Cornwall – how will tourism in the UK be managed in the coming weeks?"


Responding to the question, Johnson, who was leading his first daily briefing for five weeks after himself succumbing to coronavirus, said he sympathised with everyone in the tourism industry "who has taken such a hit" – but warned the country could not risk a second wave of coronavirus.