However, there have been factors which influenced its commercial performance including the uncertainty of the Northern Ireland peace process and its effect on inward tourism over the last three years.

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The ambition was to develop centres to become a 'virtual Wales' offering, a focal point for international trade, inward investment and tourism.

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Dundee was once famed as a city of jute, jam and journalism, but is being successfully remodelled as the city of discovery, increasing tourism and inward investment.

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