This time last week we were all very excited about seeing some sun – quite a bit of sun, which lasted longer than it has for a few years, but actually no better than they were experiencing in the UK and sometimes not even as hot.

Yet there were predictions that it was going to do a power of good to the Island’s second-most important industry – tourism.

Yes, I know that economically the construction industry makes a bigger contribution to national income, but tourism is by far the most important export industry, after financial services.

It’s a pity that it’s not even bigger.

Read the rest of Peter’s column in Thursday’s JEP.

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