Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many visits of four nights' duration or longer were undertaken by British tourists within Wales in each year since 1985.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe number of visits of four nights' duration or longer by British tourists within Wales is given in the following table:
millions Year Visitors 11985 5.0 11986 5.3 11987 4.8 11988 3.9 21989 4.1 21990 3.6 21991 4.1 Sources:
1 British Tourism Survey (monthly).
2 United Kingdom Tourism Survey.
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Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of tourists in Wales in each year since 1985 took part in(a) hill walking/mountaineering, (b) sea fishing, (c) other water sports, (d) riding/pony trekking, (e) pleasure motoring and (f) other activities; and what information he has on what proportion of tourists in each case were (i) British domestic tourists, (ii) European overseas visitors and (iii) visitors from the rest of the world.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsInformation requested is available only for British tourists since 1989. These figures are shown in the following table.
Activities pursued on holiday1 1989 1990 1991 All holiday trips (millions) 6.5 6.0 6.6
Per cent. Per cent. Per cent. No particular activity 42 46 48 Any activities, of which 58 54 52 hill-walking/mountaineering2 29 24 23 sea fishing 3 4 4 other water sports3 29 30 28 riding/pony trekking 2 2 2 pleasure motoring n/a n/a n/a other activities 47 50 46 Source: United Kingdom Tourism Survey.
1 The activities do not add up to 100 per cent. due to some people being classified under more than one activity.
2 Includes: hiking, rambling, orienteering, rock climbing, abseiling, caving and potholing.
3 Includes: coarse or game fishing, water skiing, power boating, swimming, yachting, boating, canoeing, windsurfing and other sailing.
Average Band C council tax in Wales, 1993–941 £ District purposes2 Community purposes (average) County purposes Average Band C Council Tax Counties: Clwyd 45 14 275 334 Dyfed 33 21 261 315 Gwent 46 6 224 276 Gwynedd 53 9 234 296 Mid Glamorgan 37 10 211 258 Powys 43 11 216 270 South Glamorgan 52 7 202 260 West Glamorgan 41 9 272 322 Districts: Alyn and Deeside 45 20 275 340 Colwyn 44 2 275 322 Delyn 49 16 275 339 Glyndwr 34 10 275 320 Rhuddlan 48 12 275 336 Wrexham Maelor 45 19 275 340 Carmarthen 20 29 262 310 Ceredigion 43 14 262 318 Dinefwr 40 9 262 310 Llanelli 48 48 258 354 Preseli Pembrokeshire 29 11 262 302 South Pembrokeshire 13 15 262 290 Blaenau Gwent 38 5 226 269 Islwyn 46 0 225 272 Monmouth 47 10 226 282 Newport 54 1 222 277 Torfaen 40 13 226 278 Aberconwy 54 7 234 295 Arfon 47 12 234 292 Dwyfor 40 6 234 279