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Well I reckon if pure economics was ruling what happens in Avebury then given the amount of visitors it gets there's room for several more restaurants, a Pagan museum, a Crop Circle cafe, an Art shop and several more antiques shops. Look how Glastonbury and Tintagel cater for their visitors. Not that I particularly want it to turn into a tourist trap but I somehow doubt if the dominant landlord will allow it, so I reckon there's more going on than mere rural decline! The biggest amount of trapping tourists is by NT themselves.

nigelswift wrote:
Well I reckon if pure economics was ruling what happens in Avebury then given the amount of visitors it gets there's room for several more restaurants, a Pagan museum, a Crop Circle cafe, an Art shop and several more antiques shops. Look how Glastonbury and Tintagel cater for their visitors.
Tintagel's a dump though. Surely that demonstrates that the intervention of the NT is preventing Avebury from turning into something hideous?

nigelswift wrote:
Not that I particularly want it to turn into a tourist trap but I somehow doubt if the dominant landlord will allow it, so I reckon there's more going on than mere rural decline!
Well yeah, obviously. I'm just arguing that I don't think the NT can be held entirely to blame for the decline of Avebury as an idyllic rural community.