New signs make it easier for visitors to Belfast

Visitors to the City of Belfast are finding it much easier to get around thanks to a new tourist information signs pilot scheme.

This is according to Belfast City Council’s Tourism Development Unit who have erected an additional 26 tourist information signs throughout the city.

The signs, at key locations around the City Centre, point the way to main visitor attractions, car parks, public toilets (including those with disabled facilities), cultural venues, main rail and bus stations and ferry terminals in the City. They have been erected as part of a visitor signage strategy to help visitors to the city to orientate their way around as easily as possible.

Commenting on the scheme, Councillor Nelson McCausland, Chairman of the Council’s Tourism and Promotion of Belfast Sub-Committee, said: “These signs are part of the Tourism Development Unit’s work in enhancing the visitor experience to Belfast and are designed in such a way as to be both visually very attractive and informative.

“In designing these signs, best practice in other cities has been examined and advice taken from the Royal National Institute for the Blind and Disability Action to ensure that those with disabilities find them as user friendly as possible."

All signs feature a directional map, tourist information on main visitor attractions with photographic illustrations and historical details. As part of its ongoing visitor signage strategy, the Council currently is examining possible sites for further signs to be erected in the future, councilor McCausland added.

(MB)