The Department for Enterprise says it cost more than £16,500 to film a marine conservation advert - and its star is costing £20,000 over a year.
A Freedom of Information request to the department asked how much it had cost to hire TV presenter Monty Halls for the recent Extraordinary Isle campaign.
The DfE said Mr Halls had been made an ambassador for the Isle of man for 12 months, costing £20,000.
Filming the ad in Laxey cost a total of £16,635 including £300 on food and drink expenses.
Is the Isle of Man 'wokest place in UK'? asks newspaper
The Daily Mail has been on the Island to investigate if we're the woke capital of the UK.
Police investigating after shotgun threat against minister
A man who suggested removing a minister “with a shotgun” will be investigated after she reported it to police.
Wildlife surveys near proposed windfarm site this week
A team of ecologists will be surveying wildlife in the south of the Island near a planned windfarm next week.
Manx Care reprimanded over former worker's data access failings
Manx Care's been rapped for dragging its heels under data protection laws.
Government announces pay deal with unions
The government says it's reached a pay deal with two public sector unions.
Museum plans memorial for lost aviators
Ballasalla could be getting a monument to flyers and aviators who never made it home again.
Drone investigation suggests radio interference at work
A UK investigator says radio interference may have been behind a drone's strange behaviour in the south of the Island.
MHK questions minimum wage tax and NI payments
How much did minimum wage workers pay into government coffers last year?
