Scenic walks or fishing are tourism attractions. You don't need to have a theme park. Officials from Bangor recently went to a cruise convention in Miami because we believe we could be a port of call for cruise liners. We all need to work together to support the tourist industry. It wants to expand and it wants to prepare for the tourism boom which I believe is on its way.
Big business can play a part by sponsoring exhibitions and festivals.
It is this sort of work she believes district councils should concentrate on. A councillor since 1993, she feels the great constitutional political issues should be left to bodies like the Assembly or to MPs. As councillors, we should be looking after issues like planning and housing, tourism development and issues which affect people on a day to day basis. She says she was drawn to the Conservative Party when it decided to organise in Northern Ireland because she felt it could help break the political mould. Her enthusiasm for promoting the province has obviously rubbed off on her family.