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    Tourism in Belfast is booming as many fans and celebrities arrive to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking. The Titanic Belfast attraction and many hotels are fully booked through the weekend due to the large number of "Titanoraks" visiting the ship's birthplace. That evening, 16,000 music fans will attend a concert on the slipways where the Titanic was launched, headlined by international artists. The next night, a memorial concert in the Waterfront Hall will be broadcast worldwide. Tourism officials reported a year-on-year rise of up to 20% in overseas visitors to Northern Ireland.

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    Tourism in Belfast is booming as many fans and celebrities arrive to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking. The Titanic Belfast attraction and many hotels are fully booked through the weekend due to the large number of "Titanoraks" visiting the ship's birthplace. That evening, 16,000 music fans will attend a concert on the slipways where the Titanic was launched, headlined by international artists. The next night, a memorial concert in the Waterfront Hall will be broadcast worldwide. Tourism officials reported a year-on-year rise of up to 20% in overseas visitors to Northern Ireland.

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    Tourism in Belfast is booming as many fans and celebrities arrive to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Titanic sinking. The Titanic Belfast attraction and many hotels are fully booked through the weekend due to the large number of "Titanoraks" visiting the ship's birthplace. That evening, 16,000 music fans will attend a concert on the slipways where the Titanic was launched, headlined by international artists. The next night, a memorial concert in the Waterfront Hall will be broadcast worldwide. Tourism officials reported a year-on-year rise of up to 20% in overseas visitors to Northern Ireland.

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    Tourism buzzing

    amid Titanic fever


    BELFAST is buzzing as scores
    of Titanic tourists, including
    world-renowned celebrities for
    tonights MTV concert, arrive
    in the Province leaving hotels
    booked out.
    The Titanic Belfast attraction
    is booked out until Monday and
    several hotels including the
    Merchant and the Premier Inn at
    Titanic Quarter are at capacity
    all weekend due to the volume
    of Titanoraks determined to be
    at the birthplace of the ill-fated
    liner for this weekends com-
    memoration of her sinking.
    This evening 16,000 music
    fans will crowd on to the slip-
    ways where exactly a century
    ago RMS Titanic frst slid into
    the water to hear international
    superstars such as Sean Paul,
    Pixie Lott, Katie B and Rizzle
    Kicks.
    And tomorrow night a Titanic
    memorial concert headlined by
    soul singer Joss Stone and Bry-
    an Ferry in the Waterfront Hall
    will be broadcast across 153 ter-
    ritories.
    Yesterday tourism chiefs re-
    ported a year-on-year rise of up
    to 20 per cent in the number of
    overseas tourists coming to stay
    in Northern Ireland.
    BY REBECCA BLACK
    r.black@newsletter.co.uk
    The pride of Northern Ireland
    Price: 75p (IR 1.05 EURO) Friday, April 13, 2012
    Since 1737
    www.newsletter.co.uk



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