Mr. Denis Brady:

It is nice to hear the Senator say that. She raised a very good point in referring to geotourism. It is one of the strong points of the region. Last year Tourism Ireland, which comprises Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Northern Ireland, was instrumental in running the Geotourism Expo which was hosted in the Canal Court Hotel in Newry. It was a two-day conference which I attended. The lead speaker was the chief executive from Kerry where the figure for tourism was up 17% in 2013. We know that there has been another significant increase this year. He spoke about what we could do as part of a joint North-South initiative. It was a very good conference and I was networking on behalf of our chamber. As a photographer, I am involved a lot in landscape photography. I was seriously disappointed by the all-Ireland tourist board's roadshows held in Derry and Belfast. The wonderful initiative on the Mountains of Mourne was only given a three-second slot, which really disappointed me. That is the problem we face.