Norwegian Visitors

A GROUP of Norwegian tourism business representatives will be sampling what Carmarthenshire has to offer as part of a trip to South Wales.

Carmarthenshire County Council tourism officers have secured the familiarisation visit to Llandeilo, Carreg Cennen and Aberglasney through the Welsh Government.

The group will arrive in Carmarthenshire on March 21, visiting Carreg Cennen Castle at Trap before spending an hour looking around Llandeilo accompanied by County council tourism officer Sarah Owen.

In the afternoon the Norwegian visitors will be taken on a tour of Aberglasney House and Gardens, and will drive through Laugharne en route for Pembrokeshire.

The visitors include the owner/manager of a travel company that organises charter flights, the sales manager of a tour operator, and the product manager of a company that arranges tours for groups of between 10 and 20 interested in history, music and operas, and archaeology.

Executive board member for regeneration and leisure Cllr Clive Scourfield said: “I’m delighted that we have members of the Norwegian tourism industry visiting Carmarthenshire and hope it will lead to more people from Norway coming here on holiday.

“We are one of the fastest growing tourism areas in Wales worth a third of a billion pounds already and the County Council is committed to playing its part in increasing this in the future.”

Caption: The Dylan Thomas Boathouse at Laugharne.