Capital funding is to be invested in the Burren National Park as part of a new strategic partnership between Fáilte Ireland and the National Parks and Wildlife Services (NPWS).
At this years’ annual business report meeting, The Shannon Region Conference & Sports Bureau announced that in 2016 it supported business and sports events worth in excess of €7,000,000 to the region's economy.
2016 was a bumper year for international media coming to Ireland with over 1,000 representatives from print, broadcast and online channels across the world descending on our shores.
Two new touring routes, branching off the Wild Atlantic Way, were today unveiled by Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Patrick O’Donovan as part of a new pilot scheme to encourage visitors to discover the variety of inland visitor experiences as they travel along the route.
Festivals and Events in County Clare can now apply for funding under Fáilte Ireland’s 2017 Regional Festivals and Participative Events Programme, which last year supported 205 events across the country to the value of over €690k.
A capital funding package of €550,000 for Coillte as part of a strategic partnership to boost the tourist experience at a number of the state owned forestry company’s sites and unleash their significant untapped potential for visitors.
Co Clare received a lift this week as representatives from Chinese airline companies stopped in the County as part of a visit along the Wild Atlantic Way.
A group of top international media, with a combined circulation of almost 6 million documented the Irish LGBT tourism experience – The Outing, in Lisdoonvarna.