AQW 54173/11-16 Written question to the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment
To ask the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment to detail the (i) total investment in; and (ii) economic output from tourism in each constituency for each of the last three years.
Asked by Claire Sugden MLA on 11 February 2016
- Answered
- Written
- After due date
- Tabled
- 11 February 2016
- Answer due by
- 26 February 2016
- Answered
- 3 March 201621 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for the Economy
- Priority question
- No
Answer
Tourism NI and Invest NI’s total investment is tourism in each constituency for each of the last three years is as follows:
TOURISM NORTHERN IRELAND:
Table 1:Capital Funding Programmes:
| Constituency: | 2012/13: | 2013/14: | 2014/15: | Total: |
| Belfast East | £255,907.80 | £859,950.48 | £3,148,393.00 | £4,264,251.28 |
| Belfast North | - | £215,160.12 | - | £215,160.12 |
| Belfast South | £747,311.00 | £18,564,400.00 | - | £19,311,711 |
| Belfast West | £223,305.00 | - | - | £223,305.00 |
| East Antrim | £85,305.00 | £266,006.19 | £1,393,120.00 | £1,744,431.19 |
| East Londonderry | £513,400.01 | £923,233.50 | - | £1,436,633.51 |
| Fermanagh & South Tyrone | £159,527.00 | - | £698,500.00 | £858,027.00 |
| Foyle | £1,034,984.00 | - | £810,891.75 | £1,845875.75 |
| Lagan Valley | - | - | - | - |
| Mid Ulster | - | - | - | - |
| Newry & Armagh | £65,041.48 | £253,500.00 | - | £318,541.48 |
| North Antrim | £797,412.00 | - | - | £797,412.00 |
| North Down | £257,508.00 | £27,500.00 | - | £285,008.00 |
| South Antrim | - | - | - | - |
| South Down | £458,545.00 | - | £180,000.00 | £638,545.00 |
| Strangford | £38,325.00 | - | - | £38,325.00 |
| Upper Bann | - | - | £35,042.50 | £35,042.50 |
| West Tyrone | £120,448.00 | - | - | £120,448.00 |
| Total: | £4,757,019.29 | £21,109,750.29 | £6,265,947.25 | £32,132,716.83 |
Table 2:Tourism Events Funding Programme:
| Constituency: | 2012/13: | 2013/14: | 2014/15: | Total: |
| Belfast East | £1,580,000 | £30,000 | £88,000 | £1,698,000 |
| Belfast North | £160,500 | £105,000 | £111,600 | £377,100 |
| Belfast South | £82,000 | £130,000 | £253,000 | £465,000 |
| Belfast West | £100,000 | £90,000 | £130,000 | £320,000 |
| East Antrim | £25,000 | £15,000 | £30,000 | £70,000 |
| East Londonderry | £150,000 | £80,000 | £193,500 | £423,500 |
| Fermanagh & South Tyrone | £100,000 | £95,000 | £182,200 | £377,200 |
| Foyle | £617,163 | £810,000 | £603,950 | £2,031,113 |
| Lagan Valley | £207,000 | £115,000 | £148,000 | £470,000 |
| Mid Ulster | £30,000 | £15,000 | £27,000 | £72,000 |
| Newry & Armagh | £45,000 | £35,000 | £90,000 | £170,000 |
| North Antrim | £2,114,955 | £119,500 | £211,000 | £2,445,455 |
| North Down | - | - | £36,500 | £36,500 |
| South Antrim | - | - | £24,000 | £24,000 |
| South Down | £15,000 | £45,000 | £84,000 | £144,000 |
| Strangford | - | £15,000 | £27,000 | £42,000 |
| Upper Bann | - | - | £6,000 | £6,000 |
| West Tyrone | £15,000 | £15,000 | £34,000 | £64,000 |
| Total: | £5,241,618 | £1,714,500 | £2,279,750 | £9,235,868 |
Table 3:Other investment in tourism events:
In addition, Tourism NI supports tourism events across Northern Ireland which occur in multiple locations. Therefore, it is not possible to disaggregate the investment in these events on a constituency by constituency basis. They are as follows:
| Location: | 2012/13: | 2013/14: | 2014/15: | Total: |
| Belfast (Various) | £270,000 | £45,000 | £3,336,500 | £3,651,500 |
| Northern Ireland (Various) | £337,218 | £55,000 | £249,400 | £641,618 |
| Total: | £607,218 | £100,000 | £3,585,900 | £4,293,118 |
Table 4:Regional Development Funding:
| Constituency: | 2012/13: | 2013/14: | 2014/15: | Total: |
| Belfast East | £2,880 | £6,000 | - | £8,880 |
| Belfast North | - | - | - | - |
| Belfast South | - | - | - | - |
| Belfast West | - | - | - | - |
| East Antrim | £880 | - | - | £880 |
| East Londonderry | £1,400 | - | - | £1,400 |
| Fermanagh & South Tyrone | £400,000 | - | £15,000 | £415,000 |
| Foyle | £15,000 | - | £5,220 | £20,220 |
| Lagan Valley | - | - | - | - |
| Mid Ulster | - | - | - | - |
| Newry & Armagh | £5,000 | - | - | £5,000 |
| North Antrim | £13,209 | £9,100 | - | £22,309 |
| North Down | - | - | - | - |
| South Antrim | - | - | - | - |
| South Down | £65,787 | £55,750 | £71,696 | £193,233 |
| Strangford | £3,500 | - | - | £3,500 |
| Upper Bann | - | - | - | - |
| West Tyrone | - | - | - | - |
| Total: | £507,656 | £70,850 | £91,916 | £670,422 |
Other investment in tourism:
In addition, Tourism NI invests in national tourism programmes such as the Industry Development Programme; Quality Grading Scheme and Promotion & Marketing Campaigns at a national level. However, it is not possible to disaggregate this investment on a constituency by constituency basis.
INVEST NORTHERN IRELAND:
Table 5:
| INVEST NI ASSISTANCE OFFERED WITHIN THE TOURISM INDUSTRY (2012-13 TO 2014-15): | ||||||||||||
| PCA: | 2012-13: | 2013-14: | 2014-15: | |||||||||
| Capital: | Other: | Total Assistance: | Capital: | Other: | Total Assistance: | Capital: | Other: | Total Assistance: | ||||
| Belfast East | 60,375 | 107,908 | 168,283 | 0 | 271,244 | 271,244 | 0 | 23,208 | 23,208 | |||
| Belfast North | 0 | 54,074 | 54,074 | 0 | 25,656 | 25,656 | 0 | 4,524 | 4,524 | |||
| Belfast South | 0 | 148,422 | 148,422 | 0 | 94,444 | 94,444 | 0 | 158,268 | 158,268 | |||
| Belfast West | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| East Antrim | 0 | 240,000 | 3,664 | 243,664 | 0 | |||||||
| East Londonderry | 0 | 32,822 | 32,822 | 0 | 13,944 | 13,944 | 0 | 34,494 | 34,494 | |||
| Fermanagh & South Tyrone | 14,175 | 237,115 | 251,290 | 30,000 | 179,239 | 209,239 | 135,536 | 133,399 | 268,935 | |||
| Foyle | 137,450 | 46,116 | 183,566 | 0 | 45,603 | 45,603 | 0 | 138,820 | 138,820 | |||
| Lagan Valley | 0 | 1,566 | 1,566 | 0 | 8,328 | 8,328 | 0 | 4,676 | 4,676 | |||
| Mid Ulster | 0 | 49,000 | 49,000 | 0 | 6,366 | 6,366 | 0 | 12,052 | 12,052 | |||
| Newry & Armagh | 0 | 18,617 | 18,617 | 0 | 1,618 | 1,618 | 0 | 5,909 | 5,909 | |||
| North Antrim | 0 | 30,306 | 30,306 | 650,000 | 176,083 | 826,083 | 0 | 32,503 | 32,503 | |||
| North Down | 0 | 6,810 | 6,810 | 0 | 21,201 | 21,201 | 0 | 4,310 | 4,310 | |||
| South Antrim | 0 | 66,184 | 66,184 | 0 | 25,766 | 25,766 | 0 | |||||
| South Down | 0 | 25,289 | 25,289 | 0 | 28,600 | 28,600 | 0 | 15,265 | 15,265 | |||
| Strangford | 0 | 61,819 | 61,819 | 0 | 19,565 | 19,565 | 0 | 10,436 | 10,436 | |||
| Upper Bann | 0 | 698 | 698 | 0 | 1,600 | 1,600 | 0 | 5,234 | 5,234 | |||
| West Tyrone | 0 | 2,550 | 2,550 | 0 | 34,290 | 34,290 | 0 | 54,500 | 54,500 | |||
| Total: | 212,000 | 889,296 | 1,101,296 | 920,000 | 957,211 | 1,877,211 | 135,536 | 637,598 | 773,134 | |||
| Notes: | ||||||||||||
| Other Assistance includes all Invest NI support, both direct and indirect. (E.g. It includes loans made by Carbon Trust.) | ||||||||||||
| 2. The Tourism sector is based on Invest NI's internal sector structure and includes accommodation providers and other tourism businesses. | ||||||||||||
| 3. Invest NI revises performance data on a regular basis to ensure that it reflects implemented projects; therefore, the data above may differ to previously published information. | ||||||||||||
My Department; Tourism NI or Invest NI does not hold this information. Economic output from tourism in each constituency is the responsibility of The Northern Ireland Statistics & Research Agency (NISRA), an Agency within The Department of Finance & Personnel (DFP).