Mark Williamson is the property supervisor for 4 extremely regarded English heritage websites in North Yorkshire: Whitby Abbey, Scarborough Citadel, Pickering Citadel and Kirkham Priory.
He has lived in Whitby since 2019 together with his associate, Merry, who’s self-employed and works from house. They each suppose it is essential to reside within the metropolis the place they work.
“You get the actual vibe of what is going on on, that you do not essentially reside far-off,” Mark Williamson stated.
His enthusiasm for the richness of the altering seasons on the coast, and the various wildlife he sees on land and at sea, is evident. Frequently recognizing dolphins and minke whales driving the waves is a specific favourite pastime exterior of his busy work schedule.
Mark Williamson can be obsessed with Whitby’s sturdy historic hyperlinks to seafaring and Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula. He considers that tourism continues to be crucial to the financial prosperity of North Yorkshire and that of the broader area, and he would really like the brand new council to put a excessive precedence on this.
Revealing that Whitby Abbey’s latest profitable try to assemble the most important variety of folks dressed as vampires in a single place attracted folks from California and Australia is only one instance, Mr Williamson firmly believes , the significance of tourists to Whitby.
On the similar time, he acknowledges that tourism should additionally profit native residents so that each one elements of town see the advantages. He would really like the brand new council to place inexperienced tourism and the infrastructure to help it on the prime of the listing.
“This can be a crucial challenge which, if not rigorously thought of, will imply we’re left behind in different areas,” stated Mark Williamson.
He sees continued funding in park-and-ride services and the set up of high-speed electrical car charging stations as key for the long run.
