(On an interesting side-note, a Jewish acquaintance of mine once recounted an anecdote about how he'd once engaged with some of the more Orthodox-minded visitors to Llandudno, and asked them why they liked it so much as a visitor destination - they, only partly tongue-in-cheek, replied: "It's the only place we can take the boys to a nice beach where they won't see young women in bikinis.")
Right - if we're to delve down in to race demographics (and so long as things remain civil, don't see why not - they will figure importantly as cultural and religious backgrounds will inform and guide what people buy, after all), I have to admit I'm out of my depth in this one. No clue where the main streams of ethnic minority visitors to Llandudno will come from or from which backgrounds - but as others have noted, the changing face of Llandudno will mirror national trends.
I know it'd be ridiculous to enforce - as you'd have to pay someone to stand at a kiosk all day handing out tickets or manning a turnstile - but has the idea of an entrance fee to the pier ever been mooted? I imagine it would cheese off people in Fester's position as it could easily threaten their business by putting off visitors. That said, if you only charged something like 50p and made it free for kids under 12, that would be a revenue stream which the pier owners don't otherwise have, which would then hopefully allow them to ease up the rates on traders AND help keep up a funding pot for general maintenance and overall improvement of the pier. That way, it solves the problem of people coming on to the pier and enjoying a leisurely walk in impressive seaside surroundings but not buying anything. Of course, it could also nark locals no end as they'd be used to walking on the pier for free.
I have to admit (apologies in advance to Fester!) while I have walked on the pier scores, if not hundreds, of times, I don't think I've ever bought anything from the kiosks. That said, I have made use of the arcades and the bar at the far end, plus ice creams etc, so some of my money (at least) will have gone in to its upkeep.
The difficulty with these things is the introductory period - I've no quibble with the toll to drive along Marine Drive as it's a bloody nice drive, the cost is minimal and it's been in force as long as I can remember. But had it been free for years and someone decided to introduce one, there would be some outcry, even only a small one.
Going back to my original point of the make-up of Llandudno's visitors - I can understand why some locals might be perturbed, but if some more Indian restaurants open up because of a higher number of ethnically Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshi et al visitors to the town, and those restaurants go on to pay rates etc, I can't see how that in and of itself is a bad thing. Never mind the fact they'll also be catering to demand provided by a huge chunk of ethnically white/British etc visitors. Not that it's happened yet, but likewise if someone were to open up a kosher or halal restaurant (controversial moral issues surrounding such methods of slaughter notwithstanding).
As always, I'm going to be a gonk and ask if anyone has any numbers