HOT NEWS FROM CARDIFF
Tourists vote Cardiff #1 for friendship according to straw poll amongst US visitors
City now packed at weekends throughout year, say tourist officials
City's Millenium Opera Centre now opened for 1 year. Bookings "over target". Look for the Armadillo on the skyline of Cardiff Bay!
Cardiff Bay Barrage attracts thousands of visitors flocking to see 3 giant lock gates. Boat trips highly popular in and across the Bay
£ "very good" against $ following steady improvement - US visitors still pleased ! British Pound fetching around $1.87 in 2005
Visit the beautiful Vale of Glamorgan and walk the Millenium Trail of 100km over 7 days - fine accomodation at www.gardenofcardiff.com
City's attractions doing well, with large visitor increases, especially Free Entry destinations - Report says. St. Fagan's Folk Museum "an absolute must", Castle "unmissable" and National Museum "a treasure chest"
City's political control changed June 2004 - "No Overall Control" shock LibDem/Conservatives hold power
Summer 2005. Dismayed Labour lose control of Welsh Assembly - now Opposition groups have 31 and Lab. only 29 votes
London Hotels a "rip off" says Minister - Cardiff provides "excellent value", independent report claims, as visitors increasingly turn to provincial cities for fun and sight-seeing. Cardiff now 6th in Big Cities League for the quality of its city and surrounds.
Major construction work late 2005 on city's new Sports Village at Ferry Road, near Penarth. Morrisson's sign as anchor grocery store
Visitors booking early for Big Matches at Millenium Stadium - "Don't delay" warn hoteliers as available rooms run out
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