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Audit Wales wants to hear from tourism businesses in and around Wales’ National Parks about the challenge of managing sustainable tourism. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE SURVEY Our National Parks are internationally important examples of how working landscapes can be protected. The concept of a protected landscape – a protected area within which people live … Read more

The Qualifications Wales Travel, Tourism, Hospitality and Catering sector review team has published three online questionnaires targeted at learners, learners providers and employers – SWOAPG Members might be interested in completing the appropriate questionnaire at this link: Qualifications Wales / Travel, tourism, hospitality and catering sector review: Online Questionnaires.

The West Wales Nature-based Health Service Network (which generally covers  Hywel Dda Health Board area) is hosting a zoom event with members on 16th November 10.00-12:30 . The working title for the event is “Outdoor Education /Adventure Providers and their role in Community Health and Wellbeing”. The focus will be on how this sector draw … Read more

We’ve received this update from AHOEC/OEAP: “A quick update from our (AHOEC/OEAP) last meeting with the WG education team regarding outdoor learning and visits. “Schools are now operating on the slightly revised infection control framework document they’ve had previously with no change to advice on visits. Overseas visits are still a challenge, but this probably … Read more

SWOAPG Members met ‘online’ on Mon 23 August to consider the Group’s future role with Glasbury-Hay canoeing access. The meeting concluded that: the proposed new “Wye Alliance” might in future be well placed to take the lead in trying to secure sustainable canoeing access from Glasbury-Hay, with SWOAPG representing the broad views of our Members … Read more

We really hope that all Glasbury-Hay operators will be able to join us for next Monday evening’s online meeting (details below). We really need all your inputs to ensure that we’re truly representing the views of our Members who use the river. Please let us know if you plan to attend (if you haven’t already) … Read more

Further to Wednesday’s announcement that school residentials would be permitted in Wales from Sat 17 July, here are some further details c/o AHOEC and OEAP: “Please find below a quick summary of the AHOEC/OEAP meeting with the WG education team from yesterday. “The current situation (allowing primary school visits) has been positively received with the … Read more

Businesses in Wales that continue to be affected by Covid restrictions will receive up to £25,000 of additional support from the Welsh Government, Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething, announced on 30 June. The emergency package of support will cover the operating costs for July and August 2021 of businesses required to remain closed and who remain … Read more

Further to our earlier messages on this subject (26 March and 27 May), the owner of the land on river-left of the Upper Sychryd has now proposed an alternative to a £10-per-person payment for ‘commercial’ Providers: that Providers give 5 free places per year for guests staying in camping pods on his land; and that … Read more

We have received the following from Powys County Council, which may be of interest to some SWOAPG Members – no doubt other Local Authorities might also have similar schemes in place: “We have great news! “The Welsh Government have just confirmed that there is funding available throughout the summer to support children’s play and the … Read more