MIKE HEDGES AM WELCOMES figures which show further growth for tourism in Wales
New official figures have revealed that tourism in Wales is in a strong position with further growth in the first quarter of 2015 when compared to a record breaking 2014.
MIKE SAID.. ‘Tourism plays a vital role in the local Economy and it is good news for Swansea that Tourism in Wales is growing. With visitor attractions such as the Hafod Copper works and the Swansea Community boat running trips up the River Tawe, I look forward to Swansea East benefitting further from these extra visitor’s to Wales. These are in addition of course to the extra visitors to the area from the Swans being the only Premier League team in Wales. ‘
Recent figures show that the volume of nights spent in Wales by GB visitors in the first three months of 2015 was 4.68 million, which is up 17 per cent compared with January to March 2014. The average length of stay in Wales during this period rose to 2.89 nights compared with 2.65 nights in the first three months of 2014. Related expenditure saw a significant increase of 32 per cent on January-March 2014.
International Passenger Survey results for the first quarter of 2015 also show that Wales welcomed 137,000 visits from overseas, which was a 5.4% increase on the first quarter of 2014.
Last year, the UK and Ireland campaign generated close to £240 million in additional expenditure to the Welsh economy, which was up 36 per cent on the previous year.
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