A number of major events in the North look set to proceed despite calls from the Northern Ireland Executive to postpone them due to the foot-and-mouth crisis.
The Craig David concert, to be held on March 12th at the Odyssey arena, and the Westlife concerts on March 16th and 17th at the same venue, will proceed.
"Any ticket holders from the rural communities who do not wish to attend the concerts will receive a full refund," the promoters said in a statement. However, the planned visit of the Duke of York to the North on Friday has been cancelled, the Northern Ireland Office confirmed.
Other events set to go ahead include Saturday's ice hockey Super League Challenge Cup, which could draw up to 1,000 supporters from Britain.
A spokesman for the Free Presbyterian Church said plans for a large gathering to mark the church's 50th anniversary were also continuing. "If this disease is isolated to the one location, and it doesn't spread beyond that location, then I don't see any reason at this stage why we would make plans to cancel our event," he said.
To date one case of the disease has been found in a consignment of sheep in Meigh, Co Armagh, and 1,650 animals were slaughtered as a precaution inside a three kilometre exclusion zone around the farm. A ban on the movement of horses into, out of or within Northern Ireland by the North's Department of Agriculture remains in place.
Mr Mike Todd of the Down Royal race course yesterday warned that the North's racing industry would be in a "dire financial situation" if racing did not resume shortly.
Meanwhile, the Northern Ireland Tourist Board has postponed advertising campaigns encouraging people to travel to the North.
The main tourist attractions, including the Giant's Causeway, have been closed temporarily.