The latest visitor figures have shown the tourism sector in Wales bounced back strongly in 2021 but significant challenges remain as rising costs and recruitment issues impact the industry.
Visit Wales's Accommodation Occupancy Survey Annual Report for 2021 gives a lowdown on how the sector has rebounded as pandemic restrictions eased.
It is positive reading with the hotel segment nearly back to 2019 occupancy levels and well up on 2020. It also outperformed England and the rest of Europe for occupancy levels - partly due to less reliance to overseas visitors - although the room rate paid remains lower than rival destinations.
