Meetings
Inquiry into Tourism
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Meeting: 21/01/2015 - Plenary - Fourth Assembly (Item 3.)
Debate on the Enterprise and Business Committee's report on Tourism
NDM5670 William Graham
(South Wales East)
To
propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes
the report of the Enterprise and Business Committee on its Inquiry into
Tourism, which was laid in the Table Office on 20 November 2014.
Note:
The response by the Welsh Government was laid on 14 January 2015.
Supporting Documents
Decision:
The item started at 15.01
NDM5670 William Graham (South Wales East)
To propose that the National Assembly for Wales:
Notes the report of the Enterprise and Business
Committee on its Inquiry into Tourism, which was laid in the Table Office on 20
November 2014.
Note: The response by the Welsh Government was laid
on 14 January 2015.
The Motion was agreed, in accordance with Standing Order 12.36.
Meeting: 06/11/2014 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)
Tourism Inquiry - Consideration of Draft Report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 4 , View reasons restricted (7/1)
Minutes:
The Committee agreed the final version of the report on tourism.
Meeting: 22/10/2014 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 1.)
Consideration of Draft Tourism Report
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 7
Meeting: 02/10/2014 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Inquiry into Tourism - Evidence Session 9
Ken Skates AM, Deputy Minister for
Culture, Sport and Tourism
Manon Antoniazzi, Deputy Director, Tourism & Marketing
Dan Clayton-Jones, Chair of Tourism
Advisory Board
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 10 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
- EBC(4)-23-14 (p.1) – Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism, item 2 PDF 380 KB View as HTML (2/2) 83 KB
Minutes:
2.1
The witnesses responded to questions from Members of the Committee.
Meeting: 02/07/2014 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Inquiry into Tourism (Session 6)
John Griffiths AM, Minister for Culture and Sport
Llyr Jones, National Parks Liaison Officer, Welsh Government
Marilyn Lewis, Director, Cadw
Linda Tomos, Director, CyMAL
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 15 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
- EBC(4)-18-14 (p.1) - Welsh Government, item 2 PDF 170 KB View as HTML (2/2) 66 KB
Minutes:
John Griffiths (Minister for Culture and
Sport), Marilyn Lewis and Linda Tomos answered questions from members of the
committee.
John Griffiths agreed to provide further
information to the Committee regarding:
i)
the input his officials have had into the branding exercise with Ashton
Brand Consulting Group.
ii)
how his department contributes to tourism by maintaining attractions.
iii)
what targets he has to increase the number of visitors to attractions
managed by his
department.
iv) results of the visitor satisfaction
surveys his department has conducted recently.
v)
the role of the Welsh Music Foundation in the organisation of WOMEX.
Meeting: 02/07/2014 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
4 Inquiry into Tourism (Session 8)
Rebecca Brough, Ramblers Cymru and Wales Environment Link
James Byrne, Wildlife Trusts Wales and Wales Environment Link
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
Rebecca Brough and James
Byrne answered questions from members of the committee.
Meeting: 02/07/2014 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 Inquiry into Tourism (Session 7)
David Alston, Arts Director, Arts Council of Wales
Sian Tomos, Director of Enterprise and Regeneration, Arts
Council of Wales
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
David Alston and Sian Tomos answered
questions from members of the committee.
David Alston agreed to provide
additional information to the Committee regarding events that generate media
coverage and can be more effective than direct advertising.
Meeting: 02/07/2014 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 5)
5 Papers to note
Supporting documents:
- EBC(4)-18-14 (p. 4) - Letter from Chair to Minister for Economy, Science and Transport, item 5 PDF 195 KB
- EBC(4)-18-14 (p. 5) - Reply from Minister for Economy, Science and Transport, item 5 PDF 144 KB
- EBC(4)-18-14 (p. 6) - Further Evidence (1) from VisitBritain, item 5 PDF 139 KB
- EBC(4)-18-14 (p. 7) - Further Evidence (2) from VisitBritain, item 5 PDF 127 KB
- EBC(4)-18-14 (p. 8) - Letter from Finance Committee to Chairs (English), item 5 PDF 116 KB
Minutes:
The Committee noted the
following supporting documents:
EBC(4)-18-14 (p. 4) - Letter
from Chair to Minister for Economy, Science and Transport
EBC(4)-18-14 (p. 5) - Reply
from Minister for Economy, Science and Transport
EBC(4)-18-14 (p. 6) - Further
Evidence (1) from VisitBritain
EBC(4)-18-14 (p. 7) - Further
Evidence (2) from VisitBritain
EBC(4)-18-14 (p. 8) - Letter
from Finance Committee to Chairs (English)
Meeting: 18/06/2014 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Inquiry into Tourism (session 3)
Witnesses:
Adrian Greason-Walker, Director, Wales Tourism Alliance.
Chris Osborne, Chair, Wales Tourism Alliance
Supporting documents:
- Research Service brief
- EBC(4)-16-14 (p1) Wales Tourism Alliance, item 2 PDF 175 KB View as HTML (2/2) 45 KB
Minutes:
2.1 Adrian Greason-Walker and
Chris Osborne responded to questions from members of the Committee.
Meeting: 18/06/2014 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 3)
3 Inquiry into Tourism (session 4)
Witnesses:
Iestyn Davies, Head of External Affairs, FSB Wales.
Mike Learmond, North Wales and Chester Development Manager,
FSB Wales.
Geoff Cole, Member of FSB Wales, Gwynedd Branch Committee and
Member of Harlech Tourism.
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
3.1 Geoff Cole, Iestyn Davies
and Mike Learmond responded to questions from members of the committee.
Meeting: 18/06/2014 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 4)
4 Inquiry into Tourism (session 5)
Witness:
Patricia Yates, Strategy and Communications Director, Visit
Britain
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
4.1 Patricia Yates responded
to questions from members of the committee.
4.2 Patricia Yates agreed to
provide the Committee with further information on a Deloitte report on the
value of tourism to the UK.
Meeting: 12/06/2014 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 6)
6 Inquiry into Tourism (session 1)
Witness:
Professor Annette Pritchard, Professor of Tourism, Director
of Welsh Centre for Tourism Research, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Supporting documents:
- Research Service brief
- Summary of written evidence
- EBC(4)-15-14 (p4) - Professor Annette Pritchard, item 6 PDF 712 KB View as HTML (6/3) 187 KB
Minutes:
6.1 Professor Annette
Pritchard responded to questions from members of the Committee.
Meeting: 12/06/2014 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 7)
7 Inquiry into Tourism (session 2)
Witnesses:
Lowri Gwilym, Team Manager - Europe and Regeneration, Welsh
Local Governmrnt Association (WLGA)
Huw Parsons, Marketing & Tourism Manager, Carmarthenshire
County Council
Supporting documents:
Minutes:
7.1 The witnesses responded
to questions from members of the Committee.
Meeting: 30/04/2014 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 2)
2 Inquiry into Tourism - consideration of the options for a visit
Supporting documents:
- Restricted enclosure 59 , View reasons restricted (2/1)
Minutes:
2.1. The
Committee considered this Item in private and agreed to hold visits to three
venues across Wales on 26 June 2014.
Meeting: 26/03/2014 - Enterprise and Business Committee - Fourth Assembly (Item 8)
8 Tourism Inquiry (discussion of scoping paper) (12.00-12.15)
Supporting documents:
- Private paper (scoping paper for Tourism Inquiry)
Minutes:
8.1 The Committee considered this Item in private.
8.2 The Committee approved the Terms of Reference for the
Tourism Inquiry.