9. Short Debate: Making the Most of Rainy Days

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:43 pm on 23 January 2019.

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Photo of Suzy Davies Suzy Davies Conservative 5:43, 23 January 2019

Thank you for the perfect segue there, Janet, because I was just about to say that even though we hear that tourists grumble about the rain in Wales, actually, it’s rain that’s our secret weapon. It helps, along with the good work of farmers and other environmentalists, to create the landscapes that make this such an attractive country, with its green fields, and its peat bogs, and its rivers, and its lakes.

The hydro schemes that Janet was talking about as well, well, of course, they’re an attraction in and of themselves. Obviously, Dinorwig is the big star of the show on this one, but, as Dai will know, we have a small hydro scheme in the Penllergare woods in our region, and that is itself part of the attraction of that valley.

The Year of Adventure, the Year of the Sea, I think Visit Wales—well, they’ve obviously spotted that water's important to what we sell here in Wales, and I’m hoping that the statistics of our visitor numbers in the next couple of years will show that visitors really love the waters of Wales.