Random Stuff!!

[Jerry]

Swansea to Manchester service to get an upgrade to ex Grand Central inter city trains from December 2022

https://twitter.com/x/status/1401830288691453958

 

[Jerry]

'Premium' trains launched by Transport for Wales will 'improve links' between Holyhead and Cardiff

The new trains include first class carriages, free Wi-Fi throughout and an enhanced food and drink offer

www.dailypost.co.uk

 

[Jerry]

 

[Jerry]

"A review will also be conducted of the Welsh government's subsidy for the Holyhead to Cardiff air route.
Ms James said she was open-minded about the route's future: "I don't know what the effect of that plane on the environment is because I don't know what people who go on the plane would do if they weren't on the plane."

Climate change: Wales 'needs to do twice as much' in next decade

Road schemes are to be reviewed and a new law to tackle air pollution will be introduced next year.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[aviatorconcorde]

Sensible step to review it. It could be better justified if there wasn’t a train service.

 

[Jerry]

Sensible step to review it. It could be better justified if there wasn’t a train service.

I'd be surprised if they cancelled it despite any climate emergency.

 

[Jerry]

Drakeford promises ‘national conversation’ about Wales’ constitutional future

The First Minister has promised to lead Wales in a “national civic conversation about our constitutional future” as part of his programme for the next government. The conversation would “give our country the strongest possible voice on the world stage,” the Welsh Government said. The commitment...

nation.cymru

 

[Jerry]

Tax on tourists included in Drakeford's plan for the next five years

Labour's First Minister has published his plan for everything the next Welsh Government will do in the coming five years

www.walesonline.co.uk

 

[mathers_wales_uk]

Best way for the tourist industry to recover is to go ahead and tax it. Lunacy.

 

[Jerry]

Best way for the tourist industry to recover is to go ahead and tax it. Lunacy.

There are tourism taxes all over the world doesn’t stop tourism. If it's set as a local tax councils can use the money to reinvest into local facilities.

 

[aviatorconcorde]

I'd be surprised if they cancelled it despite any climate emergency.

they should cancel it considering how rightly concerned the government is about the climate crisis.

 

[aviatorconcorde]

Best way for the tourist industry to recover is to go ahead and tax it. Lunacy.

Labour - keep taxing you until there’s nothing left.

 

[Jerry]

Labour - keep taxing you until there’s nothing left.

We need taxes to pay for services local and national. Tourism taxes are common across the world.

 

[Jerry]

they should cancel it considering how rightly concerned the government is about the climate crisis.

It won't make a difference climate wise. Cancelling it would be just a pr move. As for the climate crisis we're too late should've done something about it 20 years ago anything done now is just too little too late.

 

[aviatorconcorde]

It won't make a difference climate wise. Cancelling it would be just a pr move. As for the climate crisis we're too late should've done something about it 20 years ago anything done now is just too little too late.

The best time to address it was 20 years ago.

The second best time is now.

Every little helps and we all need to do our bit to stop the crisis. If that means taking the train before flying then that is a very good thing.

 

[aviatorconcorde]

We need taxes to pay for services local and national. Tourism taxes are common across the world.

Wales doesn’t get the tourism it deserves currently anyway - lets make it even harder and more expensive for people to come here…

 

[Jerry]

Wales doesn’t get the tourism it deserves currently anyway - lets make it even harder and more expensive for people to come here…

Well Airbnb seem supportive of it!

Airbnb back Welsh Government plans for tourism tax in Wales in bid to tackle 'overtourism'

Airbnb have said that they back Welsh Government plans for a tourism tax in Wales, and wanted to work with them to develop the policy in a bid to tackle “overtourism”. A spokesperson for Airbnb, who allow travellers to book hundreds of properties in Wales, told Nation.Cymru that they already had...

nation.cymru

 

[Nuffsaid]

Wales is hardly over developed on the tourism front. Cornwall yes, but Wales has a long way to go.

 

[Jerry]

Wales is hardly over developed on the tourism front. Cornwall yes, but Wales has a long way to go.

It probably is in the north west and to a lessor extent south west. Lots of second homes and holiday homes has become a real concern. Wales tourism wise has too low international tourism and the focus is essentially too much on English tourists who tend to spend less per head than international tourists and don't help support air links. Obviously routes like Doha and Munich and Berlin were designed to address that to provide links for foreign tourist's to get to Wales. The south especially doesn't seem to have the draw that the north west and to a lesser extent the south west has despite having excellent beaches and lot's of history and Cardiff in particular isn't really seen as a city break destination compared to the likes of Edinburgh and Dublin.
Obviously with any tax there'll be a lot of doom and gloom and negativity but it'll be interesting to see what sort of tax it'll be and what will be taxed.

 

[aviatorconcorde]

Well Airbnb seem supportive of it!

Airbnb back Welsh Government plans for tourism tax in Wales in bid to tackle 'overtourism'

Airbnb have said that they back Welsh Government plans for a tourism tax in Wales, and wanted to work with them to develop the policy in a bid to tackle “overtourism”. A spokesperson for Airbnb, who allow travellers to book hundreds of properties in Wales, told Nation.Cymru that they already had...

nation.cymru

PR spin and nothing else. And why should airbnb be held with any high esteem considering they are partly the authors of the second home problems.

Tax people too much and they just won’t come.