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Welsh Office: Economic and Regional Policy Group: Tourism, Registered Files (WTB...
Catalogue reference: BD 96
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BD 96
This series contains records which deal with the Welsh Office's contacts with the Welsh Tourist Board. Papers that pre-date 1984 may have been generated by the Welsh Office, European Division who were previously responsible for Wales Tourist...
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BD 96
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Title (The name of the record)
- Welsh Office: Economic and Regional Policy Group: Tourism, Registered Files (WTB Series)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1981-1994
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains records which deal with the Welsh Office's contacts with the Welsh Tourist Board. Papers that pre-date 1984 may have been generated by the Welsh Office, European Division who were previously responsible for Wales Tourist Board business. Subjects covered include a proposal to develop the Welsh Valleys as a tourist attraction and the establishment of the Big Pit Mining Museum at Blaenavon.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- WTB file series
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Welsh Office, Economic and Regional Policy Group, 1983-1992
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 18 file(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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In 2003 National Assembly for Wales
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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- Topics
- Travel and tourism
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C15176/
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This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
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Welsh Office: Economic and Regional Policy Group: Tourism, Registered Files (WTB Series)
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