Tourism hotspots to share £5m of funding

TOURISM hotspots across Wales are to share £5m of funding, including digital water quality signs at Barry Island, glamping pods in Carmarthenshire and a 6ft 'Wrexham' sign.

- RUTH MOSALSKI

The £5m "brilliant basics" fund from the Welsh Government supports schemes that deliver improvements to essential visitor infrastructure, and can mean improving things like toilets or signs.

Priority in this round of funding has been directed at alleviating pressures at tourism 'hotspots, promoting environmentally sustainable destinations, enhancing accessibility, and improving the overall visitor experience.

The full list of places getting funding in the 2025-26 and 2026-27 financial years:

■ Sustainable Powys: Visitor-based infrastructure improvements at key towns in Powys including signage, interpretation and walking trails;

■ Pembrey Country Park, Carmarthenshire: The purchase of equipment and infrastructure including new glamping pods and weather-proofed events infrastructure;

■ Campervan parking facilities at six locations across Swansea and Gower;

■ Campervan parking facilities across Denbighshire through motorhome/ campervan aire provision;

■ New changing facilities, beach wheelchairs and water quality digital displays on Barry Island;

■ The establishment of a visitor discovery centre at Betws-y-Coed;