![]() Titanic Belfast has been credited for helping to transform tourism in The Titanic visitor centre has racked up an impressive fifteen awards since its opening in 2012. It was the second most visited tourist attraction in Northern Ireland in 2017 with 0.76 million visits, 14% higher than 2016. The Titanic Museum take home the World's Leading Tourism AttractionĪward at the World Travel Awards (2016) In the same year, Titanic Belfast saw 84% of its visitors coming from outside Northern Ireland. Titanic Belfast had a record-breaking year in 2017/2018 withĨ41,563 people visiting the tourist attraction and the year before saw Has also sold 1,376 bottles of champagne and hosted over 350Ĭonferences. Outside Northern Ireland, according to Titanic Belfast. It forms part of the Titanic–related heritage sites in Titanic Quarter, including the disused headquarters and drawing offices of Harland & Wolff, the SS Nomadic – the last surviving White Star Line ship – and Hamilton Dock, Titanic's Dock and Pump house and the Titanic and Olympic slipways.įirst year visitor numbers significantly exceeded projections, withĨ07,340 visitors passing through its doors, of which 471,702 were from Similar transformational function to that of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, designed by Frank Gehry, as a focus for the regeneration of the city. Would come from outside Northern Ireland. The building, now known as Titanic Belfast, was expected toĪttract 425,000 visitors annually, of whom between 130,000 and 165,000 The task of creating the visitor attraction was taken on by Harcourtĭevelopments, who enlisted the help of the American architect Eric KuhneĪnd British exhibition designers Event Communications. Shape of Titanic Quarter Ltd, a sister company of Harcourt Developments,Īnd the Belfast Harbour Commissioners. With the remaining 50 per cent coming from the private sector, in the Northern Ireland's Tourism Minister, Arlene Foster, announced that the Northern Ireland Executive would provide 50 per cent of the attraction's funding through the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, In June 2008, details of a project – known then as the " Titanic Signature Project" – were announced. Ideas considered were reconstructing the massive steel gantry in which Titanic and Olympic were constructed, or building an illuminated wire frame outline of Titanic in the dock in which she was fitted out. ![]() Ī number of ideas were put forward for the attraction. In 2005, plans were announced to build a museum dedicated to Titanic to attract tourists to the area, with the aim of completing it by 2012 to mark the centenary of Titanic's maiden voyage. Maritime heritage museum and science centre. Plans included houses, hotels and entertainment amenities plus a With 23 more acres set aside for a science park. Development rights over 185 acres was subsequently bought by Harcourt Developments at a cost of £47 million, The derelict land was renamed the "Titanic Quarter" in 2001 and was earmarked for regeneration. Of heritage features were given listed status, including the Olympic and Titanic slipways and graving docks, as well as the iconic Samson and Goliath cranes. Most of the disused structures on the island were demolished. ![]() The decline of shipbuilding in Belfast left much of the area derelict. Slipways and graving docks to accommodate the simultaneous construction of, the Olympic and Titanic. It was usedįor many years by the shipbuilders Harland and Wolff, who built huge Which was reclaimed from the water in the mid-19th century. The building is located on Queen's Island, an area of land at the entrance of Belfast Lough
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