Another way to do that in one place is combine variable declaration let someTags: [String] and map(_:), that will transform ArraySlice<String> to [String]:
let tags = ["this", "is", "cool"]
let someTags: [String] = tags[1..<3].map { $0 } // ["is", "cool"]
Another convenient way to convert an ArraySlice to Array is this:
var tags = ["this", "is", "cool"]
var someTags: [String] = tags[1..<3] + []
It's not perfect because another developer (or yourself) who looks at it later may not understand its purpose. The good news is that if that developer (maybe you) removes the + [] they will immediately be met with a compiler error, which will hopefully clarify its purpose.
Just cast the slice as an Array when it's created. Keeping your Array as an array without having to use an intermediate variable. This works great when using Codable types.
var tags = ["this", "is", "cool"]
tags = Array(tags[1..<3])