The Giant’s Causeway, an exhibition showcasing the Bafta award-winning comedy Derry Girls and the Gobbins Cliff Path are among the tourist attractions awarded a share of almost €3m (£2.62m) of cross border funding.
A total of thirteen projects are to share the Shared Island Coast-to-Coast Investment Scheme funding, it was announced on Friday.
It aims to forge closer tourism links across the Wild Atlantic Way in the Republic of Ireland and the Causeway Coastal Route in Northern Ireland.
Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) Micheál Martin said cross border connections are “a powerful driver of prosperity across both jurisdictions on the island.”
Martin added: “Through the Shared Island Initiative, we are working to enhance and enable these connections and grow the all-island economy, including through sustainable tourism.”
Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald said cross-border cooperation was key to boosting Northern Ireland’s tourism sector.
“The funding will help attract more visitors, who will stay longer and spend more, boosting our regional economy and supporting our local communities,” she said.
Launched in 2023, the cross border tourism scheme is funded by the Dublin government’s Shared Island Fund.
The 2,500 km (1,553 mile) Wild Atlantic Way is a tourism brand which currently stretches from Kinsale, County Cork, to the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland.
Northern Ireland’s Causeway Coastal route spans 190 km (120 miles) from Londonderry to Belfast.
