Tourism and the visitor levy

Ken SkatesLabour

18 September 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales

…international, cannot be overstated. In response to the point that Janet Finch-Saunders made about the visitor levy, I do hope that that will generate new revenue to develop and enhance local services, and provide an opportunity for the visitor economy to be turbo-charged, and to grow through…

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Hannah BlythynLabour

18 September 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales

Like my colleagues who have spoken before me, Janet Finch-Saunders and Carolyn Thomas, I was keen to champion the tourism offer in north Wales, whether that’s in my role as a Senedd Member or personally. Those who know me well will know that I’ve spent most of my holidays since the age of eight at a…

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Ken SkatesLabour

18 September 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales

…she did so much to attract the industry to Wales, to grow the sector in Wales. And I’m delighted that Visit Wales have been keenly pursuing all opportunities possible to grow that particular sector. It benefits many parts of Wales that are more remote, and it provides valuable opportunities in terms…

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Carolyn ThomasLabour

18 September 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales

…Seven Seas Navigator cruise ship in Holyhead during recess, alongside the Minister responsible for tourism, Jack Sargeant. It was really interesting. I arrived by train as well, using the north Wales line direct there to the port, which was really good. I just think we could do with promoting it a…

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Ken SkatesLabour

18 September 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales

Can I thank Janet Finch-Saunders for her question and her assessment of the visitor economy? It has been a difficult year, there's no doubt about it, not just in Wales, but across the United Kingdom and further afield. Tourism has been passed to my good friend and colleague Rebecca Evans now, as…

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Janet Finch-SaundersConservative

18 September 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales

…want that to happen—as regards 20 mph. And, by the way, that is having an effect. But, as regards the tourism tax, could you perhaps look at this again? I and many in the industry believe that now is not the time to be introducing a tourism tax. Will you take a commonsense approach to that, and make…

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Ken SkatesLabour

18 September 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales

We closely analyse the performance of the tourism sector, but official statistics for this summer have not yet been published; I believe they're due to be published very shortly. Visit Wales continually engages with stakeholders, and industry feedback from north Wales has shown performance has been…

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Janet Finch-SaundersConservative

18 September 2024, Plenary

Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales

2. What economic assessment has the Cabinet Secretary made of the performance of the tourism sector in north Wales this summer? OQ61497

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Ceri Cunnington

18 September 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

The Foundational Economy - Panel 2

…in all of Wales, if not Europe, because we were creating wealth. Now, we're creating wealth through tourism—a massive amount. We've got the zip lines around us. But where does that wealth actually go? Who's following the money? I don't know how that answers your question, Jenny. But we do network.…

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Ceri Cunnington

18 September 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

The Foundational Economy - Panel 2

…for ourselves. So, we've looked at the challenges, but more the opportunities that we have in the area, tourism being a perfect example, and using that money, then, created by tourism to reinvest back in the community. So, at the moment, we're looking at the high street, the high street of Blaenau…

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Ceri Cunnington

18 September 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

The Foundational Economy - Panel 2

…of European regional development fund and Welsh Government funding in 2012 to develop a sustainable tourism stream, because we saw tourism as a massive economic driver in the area. But tourism was happening around us, and income from tourism was being extracted from the area. Anyway, by 2025, we are…

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Yr Athro Karel Williams

18 September 2024, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee

The Foundational Economy - Panel 1

…Government knows what, at an operating level, you should actually be doing about community-benefiting tourism in north Wales.

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