Echoing the words of UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Chief Executive of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board Alan Clarke has said that the G8 summit has provided another major step forward for tourism.

Fermanagh is enjoying global exposure like never before, as eight of the world’s most powerful leaders have attended the G8 summit in the Lough Erne Resort, said Tourism Minister Arlene Foster.

Environment Minister, Alex Attwood, today issued a new planning policy for sustainable tourism development.

Planning Policy Statement (PPS) 16 will bring forward clearer, more flexible planning policy creating more opportunities for tourism that will be beneficial to the local economy and will protect tourism assets from inappropriate development.

Prime Minister David Cameron has hailed the G8 summit as the most peaceful in recent memory, insisting the whole world has now seen the new Northern Ireland.