Motion Amendment

Motion TitleSporting Events and Activity-based Tourism - Amendment 1

Motion Amendment TextLeave out all after ‘Executive’ and insert: ‘, tourist agencies and sporting organisations have had in attracting major sporting events in recent years and attracting visitors engaged in sports tourism; notes the high value economic benefit that can arise from events-based and activity-based sports tourism; further notes the failure to publish a Tourism Strategy in the 2011-16 mandate; and calls on the Executive to agree and publish urgently a Tourism Strategy, which addresses the capital, resource, marketing, skills and training requirements of the sports events and tourism sector, to enable the Minister for the Economy, his Department, tourism agencies and sporting organisations to deliver real and sustainable growth in this sector.’

Amendment Number1

Motion Amendment CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office10/11/2016

Date of Plenary Debate14/11/2016