Tenby Tourist Information Centre is to close temporarily to allow for work to be carried out on new developments in the centre.

The TIC will close at 1pm on Wednesday (May 1) and will remain closed during Thursday, with a possible extension into Friday (May 3).

The centre will re-open again on Bank Holiday Monday, May 6 - with temporary opening hours of 10 am to 1 pm and 1.45 to 4 pm.

The temporary opening hours will continue until the end of Thursday, May 23 (10 am to 1 pm and 1.45 to 4 pm, Monday to Saturday).

Details on the new developments and opening hours from Friday, May 24 will be announced shortly.

“We apologise to customers for any inconvenience caused as a result of changes taking place and thank them for their continued support for this facility,” said a spokesperson for Pembrokeshire County Council.

The Mayor of Tenby, Clr. Mrs. Sue Lane and her fellow councillors last week welcomed the fact that the TIC had been granted a ‘stay of execution’ but once again urged local businesses, tourist attractions and the public to come forward with ideas to save the facility’s long term future.

Members of Tenby town council recently met with Pembrokeshire County Council representatives to discuss the future of the facility which has been earmarked for closure, with PCC stating that ways of making the TIC ‘cost neutral’ need to be found if it is to be retained.

PCC’s head of procurement, Paul Ashley Jones explained that Cabinet had agreed to keep the TIC open until October while they investigated ways of retaining the facility with the town council and the Tenby tourism sector stakeholders.

He stated that PCC were looking at how the £45,000 staffing costs could be covered, and if a way could be found to make the TIC cost neutral to PCC then the service would be retained.

PCC were themselves looking at ways of supplementing the costs through the introduction of a catering facility selling teas, coffees etc. from May to provide a regular income stream and they were also considering a ‘left luggage’ facility.

Mr. Ashley-Jones stressed that the café facilities would be supplementary to the information service, and that PCC were not considering it to be a stand-alone cafe.