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date	25/04/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what information his Department holds on the number of overseas visitors to England and Wales that visited Northern Ireland as part of their stay in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	137963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>Although precise data is not available, VisitBritain estimate that international visits to Northern Ireland which also include a visit to England, Scotland or Wales was 14% in 2016, 10% in 2015, 15% in 2014, 10% in 2013 and 19% in 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 03/05/2018 13:48:24 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

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registered interest
date	30/01/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Arts: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of the growth in the creative industries in Northern Ireland to UK-wide tourism.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	125471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>According to VisitBritain, over a third of visitors to the UK are drawn to locations which have been used in films and TV series.</p><p> </p><p>In Northern Ireland, the television series Game of Thrones has been a great draw, encouraging visitors to locations such as Giant’s Causeway and the Dark Hedge.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 07/02/2018 16:10:36 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn