After nearly 40 years of troubles and strife. Northern Ireland is finally beginning to set Sail. If you put together the facts that the Irish are said to be the most welcoming, and the people of N. Ireland the friendliest in the U.K. You can begin to see the appeal our great wee corner of this infamous little Island has for the growing number of visitors now landing on our shores.
Year after year more and more festivals spring up all over the 6 counties, with Belfast it's flagship winning a endless amount of awards for it's service and quality for both locals and visitors to her inner space.
Since the launch of the Titanic Belfast visitor centre in memory of the ill fated ship Titanic that set sail from her birth place a hundred years prior to her opening in 2012. Belfast has become the centre of attention not only for Tourism. Businesses are now queuing up to open their doors here, and with festivals running throughout the year it's not hard to see why.
With the likes of the Festival of Fools (run by the Belfast circus school) showcasing some of the Belfast ever emerging talent together with the best street circus acts from all over the world. And the Oh Yeah Centre showcasing the best of N.Ir's music scene with the biggest stars now commonly on the concert scene, and the likes of the 2011 MTV music awards held here in the Odyssey Arena ( Home of the Belfast Giants Ice Hockey team). Not forgetting the Belfast/Nashville Song Writers Convention.
And off the back of the Giro d'Italia Big Start in 2014. The Tall ships to start their round the world race here in July of 2015. Who knows maybe we'll have the Tour de France and the Americas cup and many more global events wanting to visit us soon.
For sure N.Ireland and it's people can begin to be proud of the strides its people now take to build a more harmonies place to live in. With many of it's inhabitants actively involved in readdressing the harm done to the environment. Year on year our schools, collages and universities gain the best results by students in the U.K and Internationally. Globally adding to top research in many fields. Exciting times lie ahead with food festivals, the upcoming Tall ships a new cycle system. Similar to the Boris cycle superhighway in London. Which will irradiate from Belfast all over N.I to the great beyond and vice versa. With the whole city just about to be redeveloped exciting times indeed are set to visit us.
And with reviews starting to roll in about the quality of the restaurants now said to be equal with the likes of Sydney Tokyo and London . And an ever increasing amount of interest in film locations following the success of The game of Thrones. Surely no visit to Ireland would exclude Belfast or the rest N.Ireland with many places still to be discovered. And now said to be one of the safest places on the planet.
