§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many tourists from (a) the United Kingdom and (b) abroad visited each county in Wales in each year since 1987.
§ Sir Wyn RobertsThe information available for tourist visits to Wales is given in the following table:
Visitors to Wales1 Overseas visitors (thousands) Domestic visitors (millions) North Wales Mid Wales South Wales North Wales Mid Wales South Wales 1987 171.1 76.7 342.2 4.0 1.7 5.6 1988 159.3 82.6 348.1 3.5 1.9 5.6 1989 179.2 83.2 377.6 3.3 1.3 4.9 1990 204.0 74.8 401.2 3.0 1.6 3.8 1991 179.8 74.4 365.8 3.2 1.4 4.2 Source:
Overseas: International Passenger Survey.
646WDomestic: 1987–1989 figures-British Tourism Survey Monthly. 1989–1991 figures-United Kingdom Tourism Survey.
1North Wales: Clwyd and the Aberconwy, Ynys Mon, Arfon and Dwyfor districts of Gwynedd. Mid Wales: The Meirionnydd district of Gwynedd, the Ceredigion district of Dyfed, the Montgomery, Radnor and part of the Brecknock districts of Powys. South Wales: Dyfed (except the Ceredigion district), Mid, South and West Glamorgan, Gwent and part of the Brecknock district of Powys.