Our seaside vacation hotspot is being ruined by second-home owners who clog it up in summer but leave it empty in the dead of winter - it's ripping the soul out of our tight-knit town.
Hotels forced to close, empty car parks and deserted beaches: residents of holiday hotspots described to how busy their business was tourist destinations turn into ghost towns in winter.
In January, in the Victorian seaside resort of Tenby, Pembrokeshire, to quote former Smiths frontman Morrissey, every day is like a Sunday.
Shops and cafes which, in the middle of summer, were crowded, are now closed. And the colorful cabins offering mackerel fishing trips are boarded up.
In Wells-next-the-Sea, around 35% of properties are second homes or vacation rentals, and at this time of year , the upmarket town of Norfolk is eerily quiet.
The winding cobbled streets of St Ives, Cornwall, are also mostly empty. 
Hotels forced to close, empty car parks and deserted beaches: residents of holiday hotspots described to how busy their business was tourist destinations turn into ghost towns in winter.
In January, in the Victorian seaside resort of Tenby, Pembrokeshire, to quote former Smiths frontman Morrissey, every day is like a Sunday.
Shops and cafes which, in the middle of summer, were crowded, are now closed. And the colorful cabins offering mackerel fishing trips are boarded up.
In Wells-next-the-Sea, around 35% of properties are second homes or vacation rentals, and at this time of year , the upmarket town of Norfolk is eerily quiet.
The winding cobbled streets of St Ives, Cornwall, are also mostly empty.
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