Comments on: Visit Wales website is a dead parrot

By: Cherryl Wetterauer

Cherryl Wetterauer — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:39:41 +0000

Google is strange sometimes, I went online looking for UK holiday recommendations and ended up here!

By: Brian Williams

Brian Williams — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:22:55 +0000

I have a secret! But nobody wants to know.
KING ARTHUR was WELSH.
Having taken 10 years to arrive at that conclusions I feel that statement is absolutely corroborated by ancient documents. In addition the majority of the recorded history of the Dark Age took place in Wales and the Borderlands. Would that subject be of interest to tourism businesses in the many specifically named areas? Could they benefit from an increase in Cuture Visitors?
You really would think that someone in authority would want to run with the idea even if I was a ‘nutter’. Mind you I could well be having spent 10 intense years unlocking OUR HIDDEN HERITAGE.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:26:38 +0000

What ill informed idiot wrote this drivel ! I thought I had woken up in 2002 – this is old news, do some research before you post next time.

AI wrote – “If I want to stay in a B&B in Pembroke, I’ll ask someone who has already been there” – exactly and how are millions of people doing that daily? – using a combination of Search Engines and UGC platforms like Tripadvisor and other UGC networks.

Raking over the same old ground will get Wales no where. If the welsh tourism industry stands any chance of becoming competitive in the future, it needs to get the industry and the organisations involved up to speed.

Sometimes you need to read between the lines – there some active people in the tourism industry that benefit from the rest of the industry’s inability to market themselves online. The status quo suits them just fine !

By: Dylan Jones-Evans

Dylan Jones-Evans — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:25:34 +0000

Clive

You may be interested to know that I worked alongside the old Tourist Board to highlight the fastest growing tourism firms in Wales as part of my annual Fast Growth 50 project.

This year, they have refused to do so, despite the fact that we desperately need some ‘good news’ stories to highlight the best of the industry.

Of course, I could be cynical and say that this is because of my comments on the industry in the Western Mail and Daily Post but they wouldn’t be that spiteful, would they!

By: Al

Al — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 16:51:03 +0000

Why wait for the WAG or anyone else to make one.. as you say, there are enough talented web designers in Wales, it’s the perfect opportunity for a startup. Community based, a-la Facebook or Digg or such, with recommendations, photos, forums etc. Wales has a lot to offer, but packaged marketing campaigns don’t work (simply by their corporate blandness – people switch off).

If I want to stay in a B&B in Pembroke, I’ll ask someone who has already been there. I want to visit a beach, I’ll ask someone which is the nicest one. The best advert for Wales isn’t some expensive TV campaign, or over-designed DMS/CMS, it the ordinary people, saying “come here! it’s great!”, and people who have been to Wales saying “go there! it’s great! here’s the photos!”. Surely…