Mid Wales as a Tourist Destination

Part of 5. Questions to the Minister for International Relations and Welsh Language – in the Senedd at 2:21 pm on 1 July 2020.

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Photo of Russell George Russell George Conservative 2:21, 1 July 2020

Thank you, Minister. I very much welcome that answer. Tourism businesses, I think, are looking to the Welsh Government for some kind of aspirational timetable on when they can reopen their doors again—operating, of course, under social distancing guidance. In order to avoid irreversible damage to the mid-Wales economy—and I know you care about the mid-Wales economy as I do—what do you and the Welsh Government plan to do to promote mid Wales as a post-COVID tourist destination? Can you commit to putting a long-term package of financial support in place for the sector, which of course is continuing to be adversely affected and is likely to be for some time to come?