Keep Disscovering: Fáilte Ireland’s New Campaign

Fáilte Ireland’s major new Marketing Campaign aims to boost domestic tourism by almost €100million over the next three years New campaign urging people to home holiday goes live

Fáilte Ireland, the National Tourism Development Authority, has unveiled its brand new €6million domestic and Northern Ireland marketing campaign entitled ‘Keep Discovering’ to help grow domestic holidays in Ireland.

According to Fáilte Ireland’s CEO Paul Kelly, only just over half (56%) of Irish people currently take a break in Ireland.

“By putting ‘discovery’ at the heart of our new campaign, we hope to encourage more people to explore more areas of the country and experience the joy and simplicity of discovery.” stated Paul Kelly.

“Our research also tells us that 4 out of 5 people return to the same location in Ireland on holidays. We are hoping our new Keep Discovering campaign will inspire them to break away from routine and experience some of the many hidden gems available across the country.”

This is one of the largest and most intensive marketing campaigns ever launched by Fáilte Ireland which aims to deliver a financial boost of €96million to the Irish economy over the next three years.

“Fáilte Ireland’s investment in ‘Keep Discovering’ will not just support the Irish tourism industry it will also help develop job creation and enrich rural development right across the country,” added Paul Kelly.

Welcoming Failte Ireland’s new marketing campaign the Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin TD added,

“I very much welcome this new campaign by Fáilte Ireland which will drive growth across the Irish market over the next three years. The domestic market is worth

€2.4billion to the Irish economy representing one third of all tourism revenue generated each year. It also supports thousands of tourism businesses in Ireland to continue trading outside the traditionally busy summer months. This is critical when it comes to sustaining jobs, especially in rural communities. I commend Fáilte Ireland on producing a brilliant campaign.”

The new campaign is also targeting visitors from Northern Ireland. Fáilte Ireland CEO, Paul Kelly adds,

“Fáilte Ireland research tells us that half (50%) of all visitors coming from Northern Ireland stay along the border counties. By directing a significant part of the ‘Keep Discovering’ investment at growing our share of visitors from Northern Ireland we can bolster tourism in the border counties, which will be critical as the challenges posed by Brexit unfolds.”