A new campaign to "Unlock Summer" is to be launched in North Yorkshire to ensure people can enjoy to outdoor activities after months of COVID lockdown.
Many Leisure and Hospitality venues who have been able to reopen after the easing of lockdown restrictions are reporting a positive response from the public.
Gareth Davies from North Yorkshire Water park at Wykeham says it's great to have people back in the water.
The water park has been highlighted by North Yorkshire County Council's Chief Executive Richard Flinton in the councils latest news bulletin email.
Mr Flinton says the authority is about to embark on an "Unlock Summer" campaign to ensure that we COVID safety is maintained as lockdown eases.
Richard Flinton said:
"We are about half way through the road map out of the pandemic – there’s a long way to go but so far so good. I am hoping some of you will start to see and hear our Unlock Summer campaign over the coming days and weeks. It’s designed to help us all remember how we have won these freedoms and what we need to continue to do to keep them coming.
Reports from our colleagues at North Yorkshire police confirm how respectful and thoughtful the vast majority of people are being as they enjoy the longer days and outdoor socialising more. We are also hearing lots of positive news from the hospitality settings that have been able to reopen their outdoor areas.
We are also hearing a great deal about a predicted boom in the staycation market – partly linked to the obvious issues around international travel just now – but also because the pandemic has helped us reconnect with our local communities. We are understandably looking to explore from our doorsteps and in doing so discovering all sorts we may not have known, I am sure. For example, did you know you can now ‘wakeboard’ in North Yorkshire? In truth, I am not entirely sure I know what that is or indeed how I would get on with it – but I am very sure lots of people will raise an eyebrow at that and plenty of folk will be keen to try it.
At the North Yorkshire Water Park. Based at Wykeham near Scarborough, during the latest lockdown, the park managers have been busy making more than £900,000 of improvements and expanding their offer to residents and visitors, including training staff on the new water feature! We are truly blessed in North Yorkshire with the wonderful mix of culture, landscapes and heritage but equally we are full of surprises, and if we can take one positive from this whole Covid-19 experience it is surely that we live in a special place, full of very special people and have many things we can explore and enjoy right here."
Gareth Davies is the General manger at North Yorkshire Water Park, he's says seeing people come back to the venue is good news for the business but also that it's just great to see people again.
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