We won’t be competing for the same visitors, and we won’t confuse people with different dates, as has happened in the past.” “It means that we will avoid duplicating stallholders. “By organising a single, larger-scale Christmas market, it will command the whole town centre for a day. “Instead of organising and promoting a handful of Christmas markets and having a smaller number of visitors at each fair, we thought it would be much better to have a joined-up approach,” he said. READ MORE: Brother and sister from North Wales leave £1.3 million legacy to c READ MORE: The North Wales campsite crowned as the best in the country Osian Owen, of Gŵyl Fwyd Caernarfon, hopes the new arrangement will make better use of resources. In the past, separate Christmas fairs were hosted by Gŵyl Fwyd Caernarfon, Galeri Caernarfon, the Market Hall and the Old Courthouse.
The aim is to increase footfall in shops by creating a trail between popular destinations. Caernarfon is consolidating its various Christmas fairs into one large festive “market”, while Llandudno is launching a new four-night shopping event to woo Christmas customers.Ĭaernarfon’s Christmas market will be held across five locations in the Gwynedd town on Saturday, November 18. Two North Wales towns are ringing the changes in the run-up to Christmas to ensure festive tills keep chiming.
