Ceredigion area" by the Wales Tourist Board. There is little industry other than farming, so tourism plays an important part in the county's economy. Visitors stay in hotels, guest houses and homes offering bed-and-breakfast, self-catering cottages, caravans and camp sites, spending money in local shops, dine in local establishments and visit the county's many attractions. Ceredigion prides itself on offering an unspoilt natural landscape, and Aberystwyth lays claim to being the capital of Welsh culture. The main football team in the county is Aberystwyth Town F.C. which plays in the Welsh Premier League, its home matches being at the Park Avenue
2000 Ceredigion by-election Assembly by the UK Treasury, and the chief reporter for "Wales on Sunday" newspaper Martin Shipton stood as a single-issue candidate demanding 'Match Funding now'. The Labour administration in the Welsh Assembly insisted that such a demand misrepresented the resourcing of Objective 1 programmes. Polling day in the by-election was 3 February. Plaid Cymru retained the seat comfortably, with the Liberal Democrats taking second in a seat they had previously held from 1974 until 1992 – and would win again in 2005. 2000 Ceredigion by-election The Plaid Cymru Member of Parliament for Ceredigion, Cynog Dafis, was unexpectedly elected to the