A UK attraction which hosted world leaders and the late Queen has cut dozens of jobs.
This comes as the number of tourists who have visited the site has plunged over the past year.
The Eden Project is suffering through troubled financial times[/caption]
Her Late Majesty visited the site on a number occasions (pictured in 2021)[/caption]
The Late Queen hosted world leaders at a reception as part of the 2021 G7 summit[/caption]
The Eden project was first opened in 2001 and the late Queen Elizabeth famously hosted a reception as part of the G7 summit in 2021.
World leaders including Angela Merkel, Emmanuel Macron, Ursula von der Leyen, Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and President Joe Biden all sat in front of the famous attraction.
The site was also attended by the then-Duchess of Cambridge (now Princess of Wales) and the Duchess of Cornwall (now Queen Camilla).
However, the famous enclosure in Cornwall is facing tough times due to a decrease in visiting numbers.
Its famous domes house thousands of plant species, but it has seen a drop in visitors of 10 percent.
Only 543,000 visited the site over the past financial year, down from 604,000.
Execs at the company claim this was due to “more challenging conditions in South West tourism.”
According to its latest accounts, pre-tax losses for the attraction also grew to £3.5m in the year to April, over double of the previous £1.5m the year before.
It has also revealed that 75 jobs have been axed as part of a “major restructuring.”
This is to make the business as efficient as it can be and to reduce outgoings due to employment.
A representative cited the rise in employer national insurance contributions which has put pressure on business across the country.
They said the problems arose because of: “[The] general inflationary impact of the UK Government budget 2024 and specifically the increase in the costs of national insurance contributions from April”.
However, they stated that the site remained a “must visit” location for tourism in the area.
The representative added: “Therefore, as in previous years, we saw a large proportion of first-time visitors along with welcoming back seasoned visitors.”
Sir Nicholas Grimshaw was the architect behind the attraction but he passed away at the age of 85-years-old earlier this month.
Despite this, construction on another Eden Project is still planned to go ahead in Morecambe, Lancashire in 2028.
Execs at the site blame the economic ramifications in a 10 percent drop in tourism[/caption]
75 jobs have been axed at the site following a rise in employer national insurance contributions[/caption]
The architect behind the attraction, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw passed away earlier this year[/caption]
