Debate contribution: Tourism: Mourne Mountains

Debate contribution by Ms Diane Forsythe on 1 July 2025.

MLA: Ms Diane Forsythe
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 1 July 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Tourism: Mourne Mountains
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5061608

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Thank you, Minister. I welcome your commitment. I have been a bit frustrated with our local council, which has repeatedly diminished tourism in the Mourne Mountains and the Mournes area and has removed the name of the area from its tourism branding. The £30 million allocation through the Belfast region city deal was for a world-class tourist destination that promoted the Mourne Mountains. Since the failure of the initial project, the council has been keen to realign the £30 million elsewhere in the district. Will you, as Minister, and the Department for the Economy, as a key partner, commit to keeping the £30 million city deal money for a tourist attraction in the Mourne Mountains?

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This follow-up belongs to: Topical question AQT 1494/22-27.

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