Tourism Industry Update
BULLETIN CONTENTS: Supporting Swansea entrepreneurs and accommodation developments; COVID-19 UK Consumer sentiment tracker survey: Wales Profile; Building on European funding successes vital to future of rural Wales; Maximising business opportunities on the Wales Coast Path in Gwynedd – 21 June 2022; Park Protector Awards 2022; Make your voice heard: you and your ocean in Wales; Discover the benefits of .wales and .cymru domains; New flagship programme to help more people into work; Ministers outline the aims for Wales to become an Anti-Racist Nation.
Supporting Swansea entrepreneurs and accommodation developments
Economy Minister Vaughan Gething has seen for himself how Welsh Government funding is helping local entrepreneurs develop new, high-quality accommodation in Swansea and Mumbles.
Find out more on: Supporting Swansea entrepreneurs and accommodation developments | GOV.WALES.
COVID-19 UK Consumer sentiment tracker survey: Wales Profile
The COVID-19 UK Tourism Consumer Tracker Survey: Wales profile report has been published on the Welsh Government website.
This report summarises Waves 44 to 46 of the UK Consumer Tracker Survey, with fieldwork conducted between 1 March and 9 May. Reflecting higher comfort levels, UK and Wales residents anticipate taking significantly more overnight trips in the next 12 months, than the previous 12 months. Despite high confidence, there are a number of potential barriers to taking UK trips including financial barriers.
The UK Consumer Tracker Survey will continue in partnership with VisitEngland and VisitScotland.
Findings from the June fieldwork will be published later this month and will include new insights on the impact of financial situation on UK and overseas holidays.
Building on European funding successes vital to future of rural Wales
Building on the benefits significant European funding has brought to projects in rural Wales and the commitment of communities who have delivered them will be crucial as we look to the future.
This is the message from Rural Affairs Minister Lesley Griffiths ahead of a 200-plus guest event beginning today at the Royal Welsh Showground in Builth Wells to celebrate the work of rural Wales.
Find out more on: Building on European funding successes vital to future of rural Wales | GOV.WALES.
Maximising business opportunities on the Wales Coast Path in Gwynedd – 21 June 2022
The Wales Coast Path is celebrating its 10th anniversary during 2022.
As well as a fantastic visitor destination for the domestic and overseas market, the path plays an important role in Wales’ tourist and visitor economy in encouraging economic regeneration.
Aimed at the hospitality and tourism trade in Gwynedd, Wales Coast Path is holding an event to celebrate the popular part of the path in Gwynedd - which accounts for nearly 25% of the entire path.
The event provides the opportunity to discover what the Gwynedd section of the path has to offer to visitors, to hear about latest developments from the path in Gwynedd and hear from guest speakers sharing their experience of maximising business opportunities along the Wales Coast Path brand.
Find out more and register by 15 June on: Wales Coast Path / Maximising business opportunities on the Wales Coast Path in Gwynedd.
Park Protector Awards 2022
The Park Protector Awards 2022 are open for nominations, recognising the efforts of staff and volunteers working in National Parks in England and Wales over the past year or so.
Campaign for National Parks has once again teamed up with BBC Countryfile Magazine.
The theme this year is People, Nature and Climate:
- People - to recognise volunteers, lifetime achievements and pioneers for our National Park movement
- Nature - to recognise nature recovery projects, Rewilding project connecting nature to health and wellbeing, particularly after the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic
- Climate – recognising people and projects in connection with climate mitigation, addressing climate change, partnership working etc.
Find out more on Park Protector Awards | Campaign for National Parks (cnp.org.uk). Closing date 19 June.
Make your voice heard: you and your ocean in Wales
Are you involved in the management of our coasts and seas, or education or raising awareness with communities or councils or related work?
Do you want to help develop an action plan to build ocean literacy in Wales?
Ocean literacy is when people understand how our collective and individual actions impact the ocean’s health and how the ocean’s health impacts our lives. Better ocean literacy could lead to improvements in how we manage and use our coast and sea to benefit wildlife and people.
NRW on behalf of the Wales Marine Action and Advisory Group is hosting 2 short online workshops 1pm to 3pm on 13 and 16 June 2022.
Visit the Business Wales website for more details.
Discover the benefits of .wales and .cymru domains
The web is now Welsh with .cymru and .wales domains.
.cymru and .wales are the top-level domains for Wales and were launched on 1 March 2015 by Nominet, the organisation responsible for the smooth running of the .UK internet.
For those who want to underline their Welsh connection or heritage, the domain name endings are a visible sign to anyone who visits their site. It’s great news for Wales, Welsh businesses and anyone who wants to target the Welsh market.
Find out more on Discover the benefits of .wales and .cymru domains | Business Wales (gov.wales).
New flagship programme to help more people into work
A new flagship Welsh Government programme, which will provide personalised support to people who are not currently in education, training or employment to find and stay in work has been launched by the Economy Minister Vaughan Gething. In brief,
- new £13.25 million a year scheme to provide tailored support to help people into work across Wales
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ReAct+ will also provide employers with wage and training support for newly-employed staff
- the programme is part of wider Welsh Government plans to help more people into and stay in work
Further details are available on: New flagship programme to help more people into work | Business Wales (gov.wales).
Ministers outline the aims for Wales to become an Anti-Racist Nation
The Welsh Government is taking action to make Wales an Anti-racist nation. Ministers have published the ‘Anti-Racist Wales Action Plan’ to tackle systemic and institutionalised racism.
Drawing on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities’ experiences of racism, and race inequality, the Plan sets out a series of actions from across Government to make a real difference to the lives of people. The actions are focused on the next two years, set against the vision of a Wales which is anti-racist in 2030.
Read the announcement in full on: Ministers outline the aims for Wales to become an Anti-Racist Nation | GOV.WALES.
Stay up to date with tourism industry news
Take a look at our latest Visit Wales industry newsletters and bulletins: Tourism Newsletter/Bulletin | Business Wales (gov.wales).
These include the latest tourism industry news from Wales and information for the industry on Coronavirus (COVID-19).
Useful Links
For specific support and advice about dealing with coronavirus, from financial and supply chain planning to advice on staffing issues, we would advise tourism businesses and stakeholders in Wales to visit the Business Wales website or call Business Wales helpline on 03000 6 03000. You should regularly visit the Public Health Wales website for up-to-date public health information for you, your staff and your visitors.
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