Questions Without Notice from Party Spokespeople

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Economy – in the Senedd at 1:44 pm on 15 June 2022.

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Photo of Vaughan Gething Vaughan Gething Labour 1:44, 15 June 2022

So, I think, the Member is right to point out that the impact of major events and their spend not just for the events itself, but around it as well, is something that we are already focusing on in our events and international visitor strategy, as well as what we're looking to do more broadly and further afield—so, not just Cardiff and Swansea, but actually across Wales as well. And I recognise the point made about the challenges for people travelling to Wales as well, and I wouldn't want to be glib or dismissive of that. So, there will be an opportunity to learn lessons from that with a range of partners within and outside the Welsh Government as well. It would be premature for me to say, 'Here are the specific lessons and actions being taken', because we have a range of things to look at. So, this weekend, there are the Stereophonics and Tom Jones in Cardiff as well, we've got the arena recently opened in Swansea, we've got ambitions in our visitor strategy for events further afield as well. So, this is a process of learning as each event comes across, as well as the more strategic challenges of making sure we get people into Wales and they have a great experience when they're here and they want to come back as well.