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Your task: What is the economic impact of Games of Thrones on Northern Ireland ? (100 words)Discuss, using the examples we studied in class, and link works to organise your text.

Games of Thrones is one of the most popular series in the world. The HBO tv show, with a millions of fans around the world, has a big economic impact on Northern Ireland.

Cause first of all, about 75% of the show is actually filmed in Northern Ireland, both in natural settings and in the Titanic Studios in Belfast. The show had helped created a wide range of jobs and opportunities for locals tv show trainees who wanted to enter the film industry. Hence the number of jobs in arts, entertainment and recreation in Northern Ireland who was up to 12,4% over the 6 years to December 2013.

Then, we can say that the show’s popularity has increased the number of tourists in Northern Ireland. Many fans come to see the landscapes from the fictional land of Westeros like the castle of Winterfell, the seaside cliffs of the Iron Isles,ect...

In 2013, they were over 1,8 million of tourists and in facts, the province hopes to increase the numbers of tourists to over 2 millions annually by 2016.

To put it in a nutshell, the production of Games of Thrones had created a lots of jobs and opportunities for the locals and broughts a lots of tourists who are fans of the show; this has been a booster for the economy of Northern Ireland.

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