| Heading: |
Tourism: Wales |
| Question ID: |
1758108 |
| UIN: |
HL4349 |
| House: |
Lords |
| Date tabled: |
2025-01-22 |
| Asking Member ID: |
547 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Lord Wigley
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
Lord Wigley
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of tourists visiting the UK they estimate visit Wales. |
| Is named day: |
false |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2025-02-04 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4966 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Baroness Twycross
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| Answering Member handle: |
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
Baroness Twycross
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| Answer text: |
Based on the latest available data from VisitBritain and the International Passenger Survey (IPS), the UK received 38 million inbound visitors in 2023, of which Wales received 892,000 visits. |
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| Answering body ID: |
217 |
| Answering body name: |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport |
| Tweeted: |
true |