Posts Tagged ‘ Wales ’

Devolving APD away from Westminster will only cause strife if any nation alters the rate at which APD is charged.

Tradition says that it was on March 1st that St David died 1,430 years ago, this very year.

My forecast would be that if it is devolved and abolished in Wales, the tax will shortly disappear entirely.

The Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) has declared that it will the Year of Festivals in the Caribbean. In Wales it is the Year of Discovery.

The opening of the V&A Dundee, APD in Wales, increasing visitor numbers from the UK to Qatar and the Barbadian Food & Rum Festival are some of the events capturing Adrian’s interest this week.

The exhibition only runs until the end of the month, a very short time considering that his map was the main source for travellers for over a century.

For Wales to grow by 0.5% is lamentable and there is little evidence that Visit Wales or the Welsh government understands that it has a problem let alone knowing how to solve it.

If successful, such a site would do more to regenerate this part of Wales than anything else so far considered. It would also create a reminder of the international importance that Merthyr once had in industrial development.

Deidre Wells, the boss of UK Inbound, drew attention to a feature that Just about Travel moaned about nearly four years ago. She said that more should be done to improve north-south links.

Adrian sums up some of the smaller stories of the week.

Yesterday morning the First Minister, Carwyn Jones, said that the Welsh government would aim to scrap air passenger duty (APD) on long-haul flights if the tax was devolved to Cardiff. Nicola Sturgeon said similar things about APD when it was devolved to Scotland. She has run into problems implementing any change because it requires an EU decision. Jones will face the same problem so why say things he is unlikely to be able to deliver? The probable answer is that he only said it because
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Plunging canyons, virgin forests, a curvy coastline and jagged mountains sit side-by-side in Montenegro -a beautiful, compact country where bears and wolves still roam

Called ‘Join the World – Discover the UK’ campaign will target, in the words of Visit England, this ‘lost generation.’

Just About Travel tells you what’s hot and what’s not in the travel world right now

Adian visits Kidwelly for a day to see the famed castle but, instead, finds an oasis of birdlife and a town that has radically altered from what it was a few centuries ago.

If you are looking for a picturesque location, and a long safe and sandy beach then Llansteffan fits the bill.

Torturous Brexit negotiations, four terrorist attacks in a month, the Grenfell Tower tragedy, a coalition of chaos… it’s time to escape for the summer, says Kaye Holland

Adrian visits Harlech in the Welsh county of Gwynedd to see, what else, the castle. For many though the long, sandy beaches are the attraction that keeps tourists returning year after year.

Reza Pakravan – a traveller, adventurer and film maker – shares his travel highs and lows with Just About Travel readers

In Wales, this year, it is the “Year of Legends” and Visit Wales are encouraging visitors to explore some of the legends connected to the country.

Adrian considers the staycation summer that boomed and wnders whether we will return to three favourite British holiday destinations – Egypt, Tunisia and Turkey.

Georgina Wilson-Powell, travel editor at Good Things magazine shares her travel highs and lows with Just About Travel readers

Tom Hall, editorial director at Lonely Planet – the world’s largest travel guide book publisher – on Italy, Iran and why the Western Isles of Scotland should feature on any travel itinerary

If you were in Lyon tonight or any of the fans zones, your local pub or just sitting at home and you have anything related to the Welsh footballing success in getting as far as they did, don’t throw them away.

Today is St David’s Day, a Welsh day of significance where daffodils, leeks and sheep take centre stage in the celebrations. But not this year. It has been ruined by Cumbria and I accuse Cumbria of sheep rustling.

Be the first kid on your block to see these brand new attractions, all slated to throw open their doors by 2016.

Adrian wonders why Wales doesn’t attract more visitors

Spain has lodged in our pages this week and Adrian adds to it here with two snippets along with news of bamboo scaffolding and the number of stag party goers who end up in gaol.