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Enterprise sets sights on tourism revival

Friday, 13 April 2018 06:11

No dispute with Cabinet Office over passenger figures

The Department for Enterprise is hoping a video called "The Extraordinary Story" will attract more tourists to the Isle of Man.

The £50,000 campaign is being aimed at promoting the Island online, digitally and in magazine advertisements.

Recently, the Cabinet Office published the 2017 Passenger Survey which showed visitor numbers were down by 8.9% on the previous year.

Onchan MHK Rob Callister is the Department of Enterprise political member for tourism - he denies there is an internal dispute within government over those figures:-

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