The chief executive of Cornwall's tourist board says those visiting the coastal county will have a very different holiday experience this year.

You currently can't go on holiday in the UK. Ministers say they are keen to get tourism back up and running, but it won't be until July 4 at the earliest that hotels, campsites and short-term lets will be allowed to re-open. 

Quarantine rules apply to all those arriving into the UK from abroad by plane, train or ferry. Some people, like lorry drivers moving freight, are exempt.

Visit Cornwall chief executive Malcolm Bell said the tourism industry wanted to do what was right.

"A holiday in Cornwall this year will be a very different experience because of social distancing," he told the Sun Online.

"The bulk of popular attractions will be doing timed ticketing and all restaurants will be doing reservations. 

"We need to also avoid people turning up and queuing at places, so for takeaway food like fish and chips, people will need to order their food online and then wait to be told when to collect it.

"So people will have to think ahead and book before they go on holiday.

"It will be the Center Parcs model in a way, where you book your meals out three weeks before you go - we'll be like Center Parcs Cornwall. "

Unless they already have a place booked at a hotel, self-catering let, campsite or B&B, visitors are likely to be asked to stay away.

Mr Bell said: "A lot of holiday parks are thinking about restricting camping numbers because of shared showers and toilets, so there will be a lot less capacity in certain places.

"Lot of campsites will have limited capacity when they reopen, so people who want to bung a tent in the back of the car and go down to Cornwall on a whim will have nowhere to stay." 

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