Survey to help improve tourism in Swansea

TOURISM operators are being asked to fill in a survey to help improve Swansea Bay as a visitor destination in future. The survey has been made available online and comes in response to a request from a Tourism Inquiry Panel set up by Swansea Council Members.  Councillors put the Tourism Inquiry Panel in place to […]

Tourism and the public realm in Swansea

The Tourism Inquiry Panel met on the 26th September to look at destination planning in relation to environment and transport issues  as part of their review of Tourism in Swansea. The Director for Environment and officers from the Tourism and Marketing Section attended the meeting to take part in a question and answer session. The discussion […]

Tourism Inquiry Panel

The Tourism Inquiry Panel met for the second time on the 15th August to look at the work of the Tourism and Marketing Section at  Swansea Council.  Councillors discussed the presentation made by the section on: The vision towards 2020 Tourism and its contribution to the local economy The strategic priorities Who is targeted, and Marketing Swansea   Some […]

Councillors consider Tourism and its economic benefits to Swansea

The Place Scrutiny Board has recently set up an Inquiry Panel to look at whether Swansea is making the most of its potential as a destination for tourists including whether Swansea maximises the economic benefits. Councillors highlighted Tourism as a key area of inquiry because it is a major economic sector locally.  Tourism spending contributed […]

Place Scrutiny Inquiry Panels agreed…

The Place Scrutiny Board agreed its first Inquiry Panels at a meeting on Monday (23 July).  After a process of prioritisation of potential topics at a recent work planning conference, two topics were proposed.  These being Tourism and Public Transport. Tourism Councillors agreed upon Tourism because it is one of our key economic sectors supporting over 5,398 jobs in […]

Praise for Scrutiny in Key Inspection Report

Along with praise for staff working to deliver improvements to vulnerable children in Swansea inspectors commended scrutiny councillors for the way they have made a difference. The Care and Social Services Inspectorate (CSSIW) has published its findings following a review of Child and Family Services access arrangements. The report was discussed by Cabinet last week. […]