The Barometer assesses business confidence in the Welsh tourism industry and provides indicative results at national, regional and sectoral level for summer wave 2022.
This is not the latest release in the series: Tourism Barometer
Series information:
Main points
- Around a quarter (23%) of businesses have had more customers this summer than last summer, and 38% have had the same level. However, 39% have had fewer.
- The comparison with a normal pre-Covid summer shows a similar picture. About one in five (19%) have had more customers this summer compared to the pre-Covid norm, and around half (49%) have had the same level. About a third (32%) are down.
- Well over half (62%) of businesses intend to remain open for at least some of each autumn and winter month.
- At the time of interviewing and for accommodation operators taking bookings, booked available capacity is approx. 65% for September, 45% for October and 26% for each of November and December.
- 14% of operators are ‘very confident’ about running their business profitably this autumn, and a further 36% are ‘fairly confident’. However, 20% are ‘not very confident’, and 10% are ‘not at all confident’. 20% do not know.
Reports
Tourism Barometer: summer wave 2022 , file type: PDF, file size: 2 MB
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Contact
Phil Nelson
Email: tourismresearch@gov.wales
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Media
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