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The Belfast agreement and crossborder economic cooperation in the tourism industry
Date Issued
2006
Date Available
2010-07-21T15:38:57Z
Abstract
This paper examines the impact of the Belfast Agreement on north-south economic
cooperation in Ireland, using the tourism industry as a case study. The first part of
the paper sets out the suggested benefits that may arise from greater economic and
business connections between both parts of the island. It also develops a policy
framework which the authors believe is established by the Agreement to achieve
these benefits. A number of propositions are developed to assess under what conditions
the potential benefits from greater cooperation will actually materialise. The
second part of the paper explores the case-study evidence. The paper concludes by
arguing that although advances have been made towards greater cooperation,
these new initiatives, for the most part, have not been of a deep or strategic kind.
The “minimalist” character of strand two of the agreement suggests that no big
“institutional push” is likely to emerge to change this situation.
Sponsorship
Not applicable
Type of Material
Working Paper
Publisher
University College Dublin. Institute for British-Irish Studies
Series
IBIS Working Papers
54
MFPP Working Papers
4
Copyright (Published Version)
The authors, 2006
Subject – LCSH
Great Britain. Treaties, etc. Ireland, 1998 Apr. 10
Ireland--Foreign economic relations--Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland--Foreign economic relations--Ireland
Tourism--Ireland
Tourism--Northern Ireland
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
Conference Details
Paper presented at final conference of the Mapping frontiers, plotting pathways:
routes to North-South cooperation in a divided island programme, City Hotel, Armagh,
19-20 January 2006.
ISSN
1649-0304
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