Local tourist operators take part in Naas networking event
WICKLOW was well represented at a networking event held in the Osprey Hotel in Naas which featured tourist operators from all over Ireland.
Also present were the Tourism Ireland team from mainland Europe.
At the event, the various tourism operators provided updates and news of interesting developments at their properties and visitor attractions, including Clissmann Horse Caravans, Wicklow’s Historic Gaol and Russborough House and Parklands Tourism Ireland outlined details of its extensive promotional programme which is under way throughout 2017, to grow tourism from Mainland Europe.
Finola O’Mahony, Tourism Ireland’s Head of Europe, said: ‘We were delighted to have the chance to meet with representatives of the tourism industry and to hear directly about their latest developments and how their business is doing.
It also afforded us the opportunity to share details of the busy programme of promotions which Tourism Ireland is undertaking in Mainland Europe, to build on the success of 2016 and continue to grow overseas visitor numbers to the island of Ireland in 2017.’
Mainland Europe is the largest source of holidaymakers coming to Ireland, delivering 34 per cent (€1.8 billion) of all overseas revenue and approximately a third of all overseas visitors (3.3 million) in 2016. Markets like France, Germany and Spain continue to prosper.