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The whole terrorism thing in NI is fast becoming a distant memory TG.
NI is probably safer in that respect than Paris and Americans are still going there in big numbers.
However I would disagree that 'Northern Ireland has a fantastic tourist product...' having visited probably every corner of the land many times over many years (visiting better half's side of the family) I honestly don't think there's much to offer. Belfast is a pretty average large town / small city IMO, Derry is tiny and lifeless and the rest quite boring. Only Enniskillen feels like it has a touristy vibe and the lakes are nice. Thing is though that Enniskillen feels less like NI and more like ROI. There's probably something in that.
A TATL service will rely on the good folk of NI going on holiday but that surely cannot be a subsidised service......low income taxpayers who can never dream of going to the States subsidizing shopping trips to NY for middle class ladies from Holywood.....? Wrong on so many levels.
It might be a distant memory in Northern Ireland.. Maybe not further afield..
NI is a small country so the perception will take a while to change.