2023 TT Race schedule public consultation opens

Tue, 19 Jul 2022

A second Public Consultation for the proposed Isle of Man TT Races 2023 Race Schedule has been opened. 

This is the second public consultation for the proposed 2023 TT Race Schedule. The Department of Enterprise said it received a limited number of responses to the original public consultation in 2021. Therefore, due to the importance of this new schedule, the Department is now offering a further opportunity for the Island’s residents, businesses and other organisations, groups and associations who wish to participate, as well as off-Island race fans, to provide feedback on the proposed schedule for the 2023 TT Races before confirming the 2023 race schedule.

Ahead of the June 2021 public consultation and the creation of the proposed 2023 race schedule, the Department carried out extensive online consumer research in Q4 2019 as well as specific research, in February 2021, into the fans’ experience of travel and accommodation. This was followed up with more in-depth TT stakeholder focus groups that were held in May.

The research revealed that the existing TT schedule, the Island’s travel capacity, the Island’s accommodation infrastructure, costs factored against current economic climate, and the changing habits of customers are no longer compatible and no longer meet the needs of the event’s customers.

The Department identified that in order to deal with the issues highlighted in the research, a new TT schedule was required to unlock the event’s full potential, maximising the return on the public investment needed to deliver the event and ensure the event’s long term sustainability and viability. A copy of the 2023 Race Schedule and full list of benefits can be found here.

Rob Callister MHK, Political Member with responsibility for Tourism and Motorsport, commented: ‘The proposed race schedule for TT 2023 has been developed to complement the Island’s travel and infrastructure capacity and capability. An extensive amount of essential research and stakeholder feedback was used to define the 2023 race schedule.

‘The new schedule will give more visiting race fans the opportunity to come to the Isle of Man to experience the TT Races, lifting the shoulder periods of the historic peak by providing visitors with attractive racing blocks in two day chunks. This will in turn benefit the local economy, particularly our hospitality industry as well as the Island’s retailers, which is one of the main reasons that the Department promotes the racing.

‘We also believe that the proposed 2023 race schedule will address a number of historic issues with the current schedule. As the TT continues with the change to shorter race days, which was implemented in 2022, the demands placed on volunteers, officials, including marshals, teams, and competitors should be further reduced on any given day.

Once the Department for Enterprise public consultation is completed, the feedback will be reviewed by the Department of Infrastructure. 

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