Bomb strikes at tourism

THE Co Fermanagh hotel badly damaged in a bomb attack last month had been one of the main beneficiaries of the increase in the…

THE Co Fermanagh hotel badly damaged in a bomb attack last month had been one of the main beneficiaries of the increase in the number of visitors to the area around Lough Erne. Turnover at the Killyhevlin Hotel rose to nearly £2 million sterling for the year to the end of September 1995, up from £1.6 million in the previous year. Pre tax profits were more than £55,000. Tourism in Co Fermanagh also benefited from last year's absence of violence, with revenue at an all time high of over £18 million.

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