Tonight you can step back in time in the Vale of Glamorgan, if you dare. Ghost Experience Wales is staging its Nash Point Walk at 7pm, starting from Marcross Church, Llantwit Major. Historian and story teller Karl-James Langford will lead the tour over an easy going route highlighting the significant true and reported stories along the way. Further walks this summer will take place and … [Read more...]
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Tourism boost as Legends kick off
Latest figures showing a rise in the number of people using guest houses, bed and breakfasts, self catering units and hostels in Wales over the last year have been welcomed by Economy and Infrastructure Secretary, Ken Skates. The Economy Secretary was responding to the latest Wales Tourism Accommodation Occupancy statistics, which show that room occupancy for guest houses and bed and … [Read more...]
Wales’ after-hours attractions
Wales' national parks are now promoting the area to nocturnal tourists. Discovery in the Dark Wales is produced by Brecon Beacons, Pembrokeshire Coast and Snowdonia park authorities. It seeks to highlight the lack of unnatural light in the areas to promote star-gazing and wild-life based adventure. Details from the new website. … [Read more...]
Epic award for Wales’ tourism industry
As Wales’ tourism industry gears up for the Easter weekend, it has been announced that more than £24 million will be available for the development and marketing of tourism. It comes from the Welsh Government Rural Communities – Rural Development Programme 2014-2020, which is funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and Welsh Government. The additional funding will be … [Read more...]
Forget chocolate eggs and think baked beans at Easter
Forget eggs #Easter and think #Bakedbeans, that’s the message from one of the most unusual museums in the world, in Wales. The Baked Bean Museum of Excellence is the beanchild of #CaptBeany and he’s created it over three decades in Port Talbot. He started out by raising money for charity sitting in baths of baked beans but saw the potential for more than a wind … [Read more...]
Putting Welsh food on a global table
A £21m programme to help food and drink producers has been served up by Welsh Government. Project Helix aims to create 370 jobs over five years in west Wales and the valleys. The money from the European Union will fund research into global food trends and new ways of reducing waste and it comes three years into a government strategy to increase the turnover of Welsh food producers by 30% by … [Read more...]
Monmouth’s place in Year of Legends
Professional tour guides from all over the UK converged on Monmouth to get a Welsh perspective on one of Britain’s most significant events. As part of the Year of Legends 2017, Visit Monmouthshire held an industry information and networking event in the Shire Hall, Monmouth, the town where Henry V was born in 1387. Taking part in the Legends of Agincourt event were Tony Thomas, as Henry, … [Read more...]
Programme announced for Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival
Wales's biggest theatre festival launched its 2017 programme this week. What do a vivacious vicar, an ambitious warrior and a host of Monty Python characters have in common? They're all part of this year's Cardiff Open Air Theatre Festival. Everyman Theatre, Cardiff's premier drama company, has just announced this summer's programme of outdoor shows. Now the largest event of its kind … [Read more...]
St Patrick comes home – to Wales
Irish eyes will be focused on South Wales on Friday. That’s when Banwen in the Dulais Valley celebrates its link with the patron saint of Ireland, St Patrick. It is said he was born there when the Romans had a fort guarding the Sarn Helen road from South to North Wales and was kidnapped aged 6 and taken to Ireland by pirates. A few years ago the village resurrected the link and … [Read more...]
Welsh coracle fishermen net EC protection
Following a number of years hard work, led by the Carmarthen Coracle and Netsmen's Association and supported by the Welsh Government, the European Commission announced that they have awarded Protected Geographical Indication to West Wales Coracle Caught Salmon. PGI status is an indicator of a product's authenticity and strong links to a specific region. West Wales Coracle Caught … [Read more...]
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