Debate contribution: Tourism Action Plan: Update
Debate contribution by Mr Conor Murphy on .
- MLA
- Mr Conor Murphy
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 20 January 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Tourism Action Plan: Update
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4744688
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I agree with the First Minister in that we are putting significant effort and resources into those plans. We want to ensure that tourism, which the question relates to, has an opportunity, through the priorities that I have set in the Department and that are now included in the Programme for Government, to improve regional balance, access to jobs and productivity growth and to help with some of the green initiatives taking place in tourism for net zero. It is an important industry and a very important part of our economy. It has been undervalued, in my opinion, for too long, and the task force plan that I have put together provides a degree of focus and, importantly, provides for engagement with the tourism industry on the development of those plans and their implementation going forward.
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