<p>Visitors to South Wales West</p>

Part of 2. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Infrastructure – in the Senedd at 2:43 pm on 1 March 2017.

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Photo of Suzy Davies Suzy Davies Conservative 2:43, 1 March 2017

Cabinet Secretary, a few weeks ago, you told me that when it comes to the protection of heritage so that we can promote faith tourism, it’s essential that Visit Wales uses its skills to promote Wales around the globe and to offer advice as well. While you outlined to me that Cadw has seen an increase in visitor numbers in Tintern and Valle Crucis, neither of those is actually in South Wales West. Can you give me some detail about how you hope that Visit Wales can use an anchor site like Neath abbey—you knew I was going to say this—to draw attention to what is, after all, a gateway site? The Neath and Swansea valleys are absolute treasure troves for visitors. So, what support can Welsh Government give to Neath abbey as a specific site in order to open up those floodgates for visitors to those two valleys?