Call for campaign to counter warnings to foreign tourists

TOURISM Ireland is to meet with the US and Australian embassies after both countries issued warnings to their citizens about travelling to the North following a recent rise in dissident activity.

Fine Gael has warned that visitor numbers all over the island will be “damaged” because of the warnings and has urged the Department of Tourism to launch a “counter-campaign” urging American visitors not to have concerns about travelling to any part of the island.

The United States bureau of consular affairs warned of the increased threat from the Real IRA and the Continuity IRA.