The Eden of Cornwall project revealed a doubling of losses and a decrease in visitors’ numbers – because it has also reduced dozens of jobs.
The famous domes of the attraction house thousands of plant species, but it recently experienced a 10% drop in people by the door.
He blamed “More difficult commercial conditions in tourism in the southwest ”, visitors went from 604,000 to 543,000 in the last financial year.
The losses before taxes also increased to 3.5 million pounds sterling of 1.5 million pounds sterling from year to April, according to his last accounts.
The company said that 75 jobs had been shot in the context of a “major restructuring” to become more effective and reduce employment costs.
He cited the increase in national employer’s national insurance contributions – which has exerted pressure on many companies – and the “General inflationary impact” of last year’s budget as special challenges.
However, he said there was a “essential” location for people visiting the region.
“As in previous years, we have seen a large part of visitors for the first time as well as visitors seasoned back,” added the company.
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The architect behind the attraction, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, died this month at the age of 85.
The Eden project opened in 2001, built in an old clay mine near St Austell – and four years ago organized a reception for world leaders and Queen Elizabeth II as part of the G7 summit.
Another Eden project is planned for Morecambe in the Lancashire, with the construction which should start in 2028.