Debate contribution: Tourism Vision and Action Plan
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 Vision and Action Plan
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4744774
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The whole region will benefit. There are something like 17 actions. We brought together a wide range of people from the industry. I have a firm view, which I have always had, that, if you are going to design policies and action plans, you need to co-design those with people in the industry at the coalface who know what works and what will not work and involve those with Tourism NI officials and officials from the Department. It will now be about delivery on that, and destination tourism is a part of that, because, clearly, we have a lot of outdoor and indoor attractions that have become part of our tourism map here and have been successful in drawing more visitors to the area. It is a matter of strengthening those but also growing the other destinations that are available. North Down, I am sure, has plenty to offer visitors who will come to the area.
I invite the Member to engage with the tourism action plan and perhaps engage with the partnership board on that and to discuss it with the board, because all of the industry has been represented there. There was a strong presence at the launch from across the sector and across the North. People are enthusiastic about getting on with that work and growing the tourism industry in the way that we want to grow it over the next number of years.
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