Thewasp wrote:Simply not true that no one knows of Wales outside the UK. Odd statement.
It really is true, other than the link to the Prince of Wales and fading knowledge of Diana there is no real link to what is here and what the country is about. We are not a separate country we are a region as most global people would see us, no different to Brittany/Catalonia/Bavaria except much poorer, further away and smaller. Many outside the UK know nothing of the country other than London and maybe some Harry Potter sites, a quick chat with anyone from another country highlights how unimportant and undesirable most see our country (and are shocked when they see places like Bath/Chester/Cardiff!).
Cardiffian is completely spot on, if you think there is a lot to see in our small little region, then imagine how much there is to see just across the border in England let alone the rest of the world. Its a distinctly Welsh attitude especially prevalent in the Valleys that its not worth leaving, because what we have here is amazing; well it is amazing but there is even more amazingness just 3 hours away and awesomeness across the channel that puts us to shame.
Our attitude needs to change from everything is awesome (which is a really insecure attitude, prevalent in that no one in Wales likes jokes about wales) and look at what is best in our country, how we can enhance and make it comparable to other parts of the world, and sell the shit out of it to people with money.