Received certs for completing tourism training
THREE locals were among the 40 local authority Tourism Officers, Heritage Officers and visitor attraction managers who recently received certificates recognising their participation in Fáilte Ireland’s Regional Tourism and Revenue Management Programmes.
Sinead Roche from Dundalk Tourist Office, Brendan McSherry, Heritage Officer with Louth County Council, and Brian Walshe, curator County Musuem, were presented with their certificate by Jenny De Saulles, Head of Ireland’s Ancient East at Fáilte Ireland, for the successful completion of the Regional Tourism Management and the Visitor Attraction Revenue Management programmes.
Both programmes focus on helping local authorities and local tourism providers to find new ways to drive tourism growth in Ireland’s Ancient East and diversify the tourism offering to attract more overseas visitors from across Europe and beyond.
Speaking at the graduation, which took place in Johnstown Estate Hotel in Enfield, Jenny De Saulles, Head of Ireland’s Ancient East, Fáilte Ireland explained: ‘Local Authorities like Louth County Council are central to the delivery of county tourism strategies and are a hugely important partner to Fáilte Ireland in the development and promotion of Ireland’s Ancient East. Fáilte Ireland designed and delivered these programmes so that, through working with Local Authorities, we have a more thorough understanding of how we can work together; we can ensure seamless support locally; and drive growth and better value for money. We all want to ensure that Ireland’s Ancient East becomes the most engaging and accessible culture experience in Europe and we know partnership is key to the success of this.’