Posts Tagged ‘ Titanic Belfast ’

The next target for the tourist authority must surely be to attract more tourists from places other than the province.

Tattoos, why Santa is on a lifeboat, Michelin star restaurants in Macao and the delights of Sydney at Christmas feature in Adrian’s column this week.

Yes, the rumbles from Brexit continue but Adrian also covers the largest rodeo in the world, Otto the octopus and the non-decision about airport expansion.

A relaxation of the newly launched visa rules in Egypt heads Adrian’s summary of the lesser known stories of the week

Adrian ponders on new year celebrations now that Christmas is over.

Just in time for long walks out in the spring Easter sunshine, two stretches of coastline pathways have been opened to the public in the North East and Cumbria. A 34 mile stretch from Hartlepool to Sunderland takes in the rugged beauty of Durham’s east coast and another 20 mile section links the coastal towns of Allonby and Whitehaven in Cumbria. They are part of a £50m Natural England project to create about 2,800 miles (4,500km) of footpaths around the whole of the English coast.
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On Tuesday evening at Stormont, members of the Northern Irish Assembly discussed tourism in East Belfast or, as Michael Copeland pointed out, Ballymacarret, because originally, this area was not part of Belfast at all.

At the Northern Ireland tourism awards at the end of last week, Titanic Belfast grabbed another award to add to its trophy cabinet. It received the Outstanding Contribution to Tourism award which seems richly deserved since it has managed to attract over 800,000 visitors in its very first year of operation.

Exhibition, hot drink and shortbread for just £10