Tourism Ireland is teaming up with the NBC Golf Channel to promote the island of Ireland to golfers in the United States – with a new six-episode mini-series set to showcase our superb golf courses, as well as the array of experiences that visitors can discover off the golf course when they visit Ireland. Golf Channel host […]
The Sandhouse Hotel, Co. Donegal received the Outstanding Employer Award at the inaugural Fáilte Ireland Employer Excellence Awards which took place in the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin. The awards ceremony celebrated businesses who have demonstrated their commitment to making the tourism industry an appealing and rewarding place to work through their participation in
Local people are being encouraged to enjoy a taste of home and explore the beauty of Donegal and Derry as part of a new cross-border tourism campaign being launched next week. The Best of the North West campaign will showcase the many wonderful attractions located right on our doorstep, led by Donegal County Council and […]
With warmer weather on the horizon, businesses across Waterford city and county have began to step into summer and have started to welcome both domestic and international visitors for what is set to be a busy summer season throughout the city & county. With particular interest from the American market, international bookings to the region […]
Members of the public are being encouraged to be a tourist for the day in County Clare through a new tourism promotion initiative offering free and half-price admission to popular local visitor attractions and sites on Sunday, 23rd April. The Tourism Department of Clare County Council, working in partnership with the Clare Tourism Advisory Forum […]
The addition of the Rathfarnham Rebellion Trail to the South Dublin County Heritage Trail App was officially launched by the Mayor of South Dublin County Council, Cllr. Emma Murphy at Pearse Museum. The addition of Rathfarnham as a trail to the app has been funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and […]
Tourism Ireland’s new ‘Fill your heart with Ireland’ campaign is going live across the United States (US). The campaign is all about celebrating the different ways in which the island of Ireland fills the hearts of our visitors and of locals – and inviting potential holidaymakers to come and experience those for themselves. It’s an […]
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, visited Sligo to officially open the Yeats Trail. The Yeats Trail visits 14 sites throughout the county which have an association to the works of William Butler Yeats. The new trail complements the Wild Atlantic Way and will help attract visitors to the region. The project […]
A dedicated new tourism website for County Clare was launched at the Clare ‘Tourism Together’ Networking Event 2023 at the Inn at Dromoland. VisitClare.ie is an initiative of Clare County Council and is the most comprehensive ever website dedicated to showcasing everything Ireland’s Banner County has to offer domestic and international visitors. The site features […]
If you are itching to embrace Spring with new adventures and wellness activities, then pack your bags for the Wander Wild Festival – Ireland’s great outdoors festival. It’s on in Killarney from 24th-26th March and it’s the bucket list festival you don’t want to miss this year! With just 2 weeks to go, and some events […]
A new ambassadors training module aimed at promoting the culture, heritage and the environment of the Burren is set to be rolled out to tourist guides, coach drivers and staff of tourism related business. The Ambassadors Training Module for the UNESCO Burren and Cliffs of Moher Geopark encourages participants to become knowledgeable ambassadors and custodians […]
Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, and Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Catherine Martin, have to officially opened ‘Ireland’s Global Garden’. The Mount Congreve Estate in Kilmeaden, County Waterford, has been re-developed into a world class tourist attraction and is expected to welcome over 86,000 visitors this
2023 is set to a herald a new era for Vandeleur Walled Gardens Experience in Kilrush after Clare County Council announced that a new interpretative museum will open at the popular West Clare visitor attraction later this year. Works have been ongoing since 2021 to extensively restore and renovate the old stable block at the […]
Fáilte Ireland has unveiled its plans for 2023 to help support the sustainable recovery of the tourism sector this year. The plans were announced at a special virtual event for the tourism industry watched by over 1700 tourism operators, providers and employers from across the sector. Fáilte Ireland’s plans in 2023 focus on 7 key […]
Fáilte Ireland showcased some of Ireland’s world-class golf product to golf enthusiasts in Northern Ireland at the annual ‘Keep Discovering Golf Promotion Night’ in the Europa Hotel in Belfast. Golf tourism is extremely valuable to the Irish economy and is estimated to be worth more than €300 million annually. Fáilte Ireland’s research shows a golf […]
The picturesque village of Adare is teeing itself up to maximise the opportunity of and create a legacy from one of the world’s greatest sporting events with the launch of its own brand, four years out from the 2027 Ryder Cup. The stunning 13th century village that has long since been a favourite on the […]
Tourism Ireland, together with a delegation of 15 tourism companies from the island of Ireland and four American tour operators, is undertaking a sales blitz to the United States this week. The ‘Best of Ireland’ sales mission will see the companies from Ireland visit key cities in the United States, including Dallas, Houston, Denver and […]
The Cliffs of Moher Experience in County Clare has won a Gold Award and the accolade of ‘Best Visit’ in Ireland at the annual CIE Tours International Awards of Excellence. The awards, which are based on feedback received from customers of CIE Tours International throughout the year, were presented at a ceremony held in the […]
Most tourism visits to environmentally protected sites across Europe have no identifiable impact on the environment, despite a pervasive narrative that the need to conserve and protect such environments is at odds with tourism goals of boosting visitor numbers. That headline finding is according to new research just published in the ‘Journal of Ecological
Tourism Ireland warmly welcomes the announcement by Aer Lingus of a new flight from London Heathrow to Ireland West Airport Knock. The daily service will commence on 26 March and will certainly help boost tourism from Britain to Mayo and the Wild Atlantic Way. Niall Gibbons, Chief Executive of Tourism Ireland, said about the new […]