Coulter says some of the £200m EU money should be targeted at developing a Car Tourist Glens & Highlands Route
Rev Dr Robert Coulter MLA, Ulster Unionist Assemblyman for North Antrim, said today that the news that the EU Commission had agreed a 6 year scheme backed by £200 million inter-reg money was “great news for North Antrim .”
“The funding is designed to encourage closer co-operation in research, development and promoting tourism and aims to develop a sustainable cross-border region across Northern Ireland and south western Scotland . The historical links between North Antrim and South West Scotland are deep and strong. This will give muscle to the many plans we in North Antrim have been pushing for over a number of years.”
“I want to see the ferry service between Ballycastle and Campbelltown become the anchor for a joint tourism initiative which will target the English midlands car tourism family market which is 43 million strong and will create a tourist routes incorporating North Antrim with the Giant’s Causeway and the Glens and the highlands of Scotland accessed through Argyll.”
“This would bring a lot of tourist spending to North Antrim and make a real difference to the local economy. It would also spread that money across the whole area, creating prosperity in every part of North Antrim .”