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Belfast’s Titanic tourism boom: What to see, do and experience

Jennifer Allen
Jun 24, 2025
Jun 24, 2025 Updated 41 mins ago
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Belfast’s Titanic tourism boom reveals what to see, do and experience, where the shipbuilding legacy transformed the city into a major cultural draw. The historic Titanic Hotel Belfast and the award-winning Titanic Experience anchor the lure to this area. Drawing over 800,000 visitors annually, the museum sits beside the slipway where the Titanic was built, and is just steps away from the former Harland & Wolff headquarters, now the Titanic Hotel Belfast.

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