Observe the sons of Ulster marching towards the silver

The numbers of people visiting Northern Ireland has mushroomed in the years since ‘The Troubles’ was still a phrase that merited common usage on this island. 

In 1998, the year of the Good Friday Agreement, 1.4 million people spent a combined £217m in the north. By 2012, that footfall had doubled to four million and the spend had more than tripled. Most make sure to see Belfast and it isn’t difficult to see why.

If the Harland and Wolff shipyards and the Titanic Experience aren’t your thing, then maybe the black cab tour that takes in the Shankhill and Falls Roads is. Or maybe just a pint in The Crown or afternoon tea in the Merchant Hotel. Belfast really is one of those towns that has something for everyone.