Debate contribution: Tourism
Debate contribution by Mr Jonathan Buckley on .
- MLA
- Mr Jonathan Buckley
- Party at the time
- Democratic Unionist Party
- Date
- 10 February 2025
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Tourism
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4790668
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Tourism is crucial to the Northern Ireland economy, and the Northern Ireland tourist offering faces particular challenges when competing with the Republic of Ireland, which has VAT of 9%. With that in mind, how on earth is it appropriate that Northern Ireland Tourism's website for its marketing campaign and spring marketing toolkit has placed the Republic of Ireland and its offering before and more prominently throughout than Northern Ireland? Is the Minister aware of that? She is the Minister for tourism in Northern Ireland: will she ensure that her Department reflects that reality?
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Part of an exchange
This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 1514/22-27.
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