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		<title>Ain&#8217;t no mountain high enough . . . to escape the ravages of saturation tourism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2019 08:50:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[PLEASE APPRECIATE THAT I GET SENT MORE INFORMATION AND LEADS THAN I CAN USE. I TRY TO RESPOND TO EVERYONE WHO CONTACTS ME BUT I CANNOT POSSIBLY USE EVERY BIT OF INFORMATION I&#8217;M SENT. DIOLCH YN FAWR ♦ TURNING THE TAPS ON A BIT MORE Wales has just experienced another Bank Holiday. Even so, I &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/aint-no-mountain-high-enough-to-escape-the-ravages-of-saturation-tourism/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Ain&#8217;t no mountain high enough . . . to escape the ravages of saturation tourism</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Welsh Independence, But For The Right Reasons</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2017 22:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Brexit In a recent post, Welsh Independence Referendum, I looked at the call for a second Scottish independence referendum and a referendum on Irish reunification, before considering an independence referendum in Wales and concluding that such a referendum could not be won. In this post I&#8217;m going to give the possibility of a Welsh independence &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/welsh-independence-but-for-the-right-reasons/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Welsh Independence, But For The Right Reasons</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Playground Wales</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2016 20:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oh, the joy! the euphoria! Didn&#8217;t you feel the surge of national pride, the collective Cymric breast heaving, positively heaving, at the joyous news? &#8211; Lonely Planet declares &#8216;North&#8217; Wales to be the bestest al fresco fun fair around. Well, obviously, it didn&#8217;t use those words (© Jac o&#8217; the North), but that&#8217;s what it amounted &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/playground-wales/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Playground Wales</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Shorts &#038; Updates for St. David&#8217;s Day</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Feb 2016 21:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m off to Swansea this weekend, treating myself and the wife to a wee break. (Well, actually, the wife&#8217;s paying for the hotel.) I shall visit relatives and friends and go watch the Swans playing Norwich (son&#8217;s treating me!). So it will be at least a week until I put up my next post. In &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/shorts-and-updates-for-st-davids-day30-02-2016/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Shorts &#038; Updates for St. David&#8217;s Day</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Background to a Carmarthenshire Vendetta</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2016 22:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In my post of November 24th, Wales, Colony of England, I mentioned multi-millionaire businessman Clive Hughes and his tribulations with Carmarthenshire County Council, due to that authority&#8217;s hostility towards his project for a biomass combined heat and power plant near Kidwelly. In my follow-up post on December 1st, Meryl Gravell &#38; Robin Cammish, Only in &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/background-carmarthenshire-vendetta/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Background to a Carmarthenshire Vendetta</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Wales, Colony of England</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2015 22:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Let me start by establishing what I mean by a colony. A colony is a territory or country run in the interests of another country, and for the benefit of the elite or the population in general of that other country. The colony does not need to be far away, nor do its indigenes need &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/wales-colony-of-england/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Wales, Colony of England</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Destructive Power of Tourism</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2014 14:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A few days ago I was directed to a piece on the MailOnline website about Barcelona or, more specifically, tourism in Barcelona or, to be really, really specific, high volume and damaging tourism. The problem is that &#8220;uncontrolled tourism&#8221; is attracting too many low-spending tourists who are turning Barcelona into a &#8216;theme park&#8217; and making &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/the-destructive-power-of-tourism/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Destructive Power of Tourism</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8216;Welsh&#8217; Tourism: Game Lost, Or Thrown?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Aug 2013 14:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have always argued that Wales gets the worst of all possible worlds when it comes to tourism. Being a low wage activity, tourism drives down wages in other local industries. Leaving &#8216;tourism hot-spots&#8217; poor areas where locals have to compete in a distorted property market with people who liked the area so much as &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/welsh-tourism-game-lost-or-thrown/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">&#8216;Welsh&#8217; Tourism: Game Lost, Or Thrown?</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Tourism: In Wales, Not Of Wales</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jac]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:04:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Welsh Government has just received ‘2020’, a new report on the future of tourism compiled by the Tourism Sector Panel. I’ve been taking an interest in tourism for quite a few years and I’ve read a lot of such reports; this one, I’m afraid, was just another off the same production line. Summed up &#8230; <p><a href="https://jacothenorth.net/blog/tourism-in-wales-not-of-wales/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Tourism: In Wales, Not Of Wales</span></a></p>]]></description>
		
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