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Tourism Partnerships
Sperrins Tourism Ltd:
 | For further information contact: The Manor House, 30 High Street Tel: 028 8674 7700 Fax: 028 8674 7754 |
Sperrins Tourism Limited was established in 1999 as a company limited by guarantee.It is a partnership body with equal representation at board level from the public sector (50%) and private/voluntary sectors (50%).The Company is recognised as the regional agency for the development and marketing of tourism in the Sperrins area which includes the entire geographic District Council areas of Cookstown, Magherafelt, Omagh and Strabane as well as adjacent wards in Derry, Limavady and Coleraine. Its main sources of funding are the local authorities, NITB and the private sector in the form of core contributions, marketing grants and subscriptions. More recently, Sperrins Tourism Ltd has acted as the delivery agent for the Natural Rural Resource Tourism Initiative- their strategy receiving a financial allocation of £3,405,385 ,the highest level of funding of the five NRRTI Partnerships.
The Western Regional Tourism Partnership (WRTP) :
 | For further information contact: Sperrins Tourism Ltd: The Manor House, 30 High Street Tel: 028 8674 7700 Fax: 028 8674 7754
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Covering the counties of Fermanagh, Londonderry/Derry, Tyrone and the geographical area of the Sperrin Mountains the Western Regional Tourism Partnership (WRTP) seeks to promote the West of Northern Ireland to visitors from both home and abroad.
It also works to develop a unified tourism strategy for the region, whilst also taking into account the needs of its constituent bodies.
Alongside this the WRTP acts to gather information on tourism in the region and to act as a draw for funding from bodies such as the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and on a cross-border basis.
WRTP Background
NITB's 'Strategic Framework for Action' and subsequent consultancies recommended that tourism bodies in Northern Ireland became more regionalised, as a result of this the WRTP was formed to meet this strategy in the West of Northern Ireland.
The organisation was formed in 2006 and consists of representatives from the 7 Councils in the West of Northern Ireland, Cookstown, Derry, Dungannon, Fermanagh, Magherafelt, Omagh and Strabane and from the constituent tourism bodies for the region, Derry City Visitor and Convention Bureau, Fermanagh Lakelands Tourism, Sperrins Tourism and Flavour of Tyrone.
Please click on this link to access the WRTP website
Please click on this link to download Western RTP Reports
The North West Passage:
The North West Passage is an interregional touring route which commences in the bustling and vibrant capital Dublin and flows through the plains of Royal Meath, Louth the smallest county in Ireland and onwards across the rolling hills of Monaghan before crossing into Northern Ireland.
Here it traverses the council areas of Armagh, Dungannon, Omagh and Strabane through towns and small villages, lakelands, rivers and lush landscapes, before crossing the frontier again into beautiful and rugged Donegal on the North West fringe of Europe
By following the North West Passage, you will be entranced by Irish life and culture in all its many facets. Everywhere you will discover the finest of holiday accommodation, activities and opportunities to enjoy your stay. Art, architecture, music, literature, fine food, shopping, angling, cycling, walking horse riding, cruising, golf - whatever your interest, the North West Passage is sure to fulfil and even surpass your expectations.
