Swansea Council continues to fund major leisure and tourism sites to help them recover from the pandemic hit. Many visitors have flocked to these sites, thus helping the businesses grow.
Freedom Leisure, Wales National Pool Swansea (WNPS), Plantasia and the National Waterfront Museum are some of the sites that have benefited from the Council’s help.
Exhibition at Plantasia. Photo:https://www.plantasiaswansea.co.uk/exhibitions/
Let the numbers do the talking.
In the fiscal year 2022–2023 of Freedom, the number of visitors to the city centre LC and its other community leisure facilities increased by about 30% to over 1.8 million over the prior year. Revenue reached almost £8 million, up about 36%.
WNPS saw a rise in revenue of over £300,000, reaching over £1.3m.
Photo: https://www.swanseabaysportspark.wales/facilities-and-events/wales-national-pool-swansea/
Parkwood Leisure’s Plantasia experienced an increase in attendance from over 98,000 in 2022 to over 117,000, and income increased from over £200,000 to nearly £950,000.
The number of in-person and online visitors to the free-to-enter waterfront museum increased by around 10% to nearly 277,000.
Many venues and sites continue to face challenges in meeting energy bills and drawing visitors; however, the council is ready to extend its support to them.
Councillor Francis-Davies remarked: “We continue to be there for our leisure services partners during the ongoing cost-of-living crisis because they play a critical part in the life of our city and our local communities.”
The cabinet reviewed the Leisure Partnerships Annual Report, which examined the financial performance and visitor numbers for the city’s institutions that the council supports financially in a variety of ways for the year 2022–2023.
Cover Photo: https://museum.wales/swansea/