Oral evidence transcripts

Inquiry Wales as a global tourist destination

Witnesses Rt Hon Stuart Andrew MP (Minister for Sport, Tourism and Civil Society at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport), Duncan Parish (Deputy Director for Tourism and Cultural Diplomacy at Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport), and Patricia Yates (Chief Executive at VisitBritain/VisitEngland)

Inquiry Wales as a global tourist destination

Witnesses Vaughan Gething MS (Minister for Economy at Welsh Government), Jason Thomas (Director of Culture, Sport and Tourism at Welsh Government), and Heledd Owen (Deputy Director of Marketing at Welsh Government)

Inquiry Wales as a global tourist destination

Witnesses Anthony Pickles (Former Head of Tourism Affairs at VisitBritain), Professor Annette Pritchard (Professor of Tourism Management at Leeds Beckett University), and Professor Dorothy A. Yen (Professor in Marketing, Brunel Business School at Brunel University London)

Inquiry Wales as a global tourist destination

Witnesses Stephen Davies (Chief Executive at Penderyn Distillery), Paul Lewin (General Manager at Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways), Ian Roberts (Finance Director at Portmeirion Cymru), and Sean Taylor (Founder and President at Zip World)

Inquiry Wales as a global tourist destination

Witnesses Graeme Farrow (Artistic and Creative Director at Wales Millennium Centre), Louise Miles-Payne (Director, Creu Cymru and Board Member at UK Theatre), Fiona Stewart (Managing Director at Green Man Festival), Camilla King (Executive Producer at Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod), and Matthew Williams (Policy and Communications Manager at Welsh Sports Association)

Inquiry Wales as a global tourist destination

Witnesses David Anderson (Director General at National Museum Wales), Rebecca Williams (Assistant Director at National Trust Cymru), and Ian Edwards MI FIH (Chief Executive at The Celtic Collection and ICC Wales)

Inquiry Wales as a global tourist destination

Witnesses Gwyneth Sweatman (Head of Communications at Federation of Small Businesses Wales), Suzy Davies (Chair at Wales Tourism Alliance), and David Chapman (Executive Director for Wales at UK Hospitality)