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Visitor Growth Continues

A total of 1.44m trips were made to Ireland between December 2014 and February of this year, according to the latest study by the Central Statistics Office.

This figure shows an increase of 10.3% on the corresponding period 12 months ago.

Almost half of these trips — 692,200 — were made by residents of Britain, according to the figures. This represents a 7.6% rise on the figure recorded in the three months to February 2014.

However, the strongest growth came from residents of the rest of Europe, up 18.1% to 480,700.

Trips from residents of North America were also up, rising by 6.6% to 176,200.

Golf Scribes at Ireland Day

Tourism Ireland in Great Britain kicked off its 2015 golf season this week, with a special media golf day at the West Sussex golf course of Goodwood.

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Picture shows GB golf writers taking part in Tourism Ireland’s media golf day pictured at the West Sussex golf course of Goodwood, with Joseph Cruise (second row, second left), Judith Cassidy (front, left), Clair Balmer (second row, third left) and David Boyce (front, second left), all Tourism Ireland.

Some 26 leading British golf writers – representing major titles like The Times, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, Golf World and Golf Today – attended the event, which was organised by Tourism Ireland to highlight our world-class golf, this year’s Irish Open at Royal County Down, as well as links golf along the Causeway Coastal Route and Wild Atlantic Way. Two of the top golf tour operators in Britain also attended.

700 Tourists Robbed in Dublin

More than 700 tourists were robbed by muggers and pick-pockets last year, with the majority falling victim in Dublin city centre.

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Details were revealed in a report released by the Irish Tourist Assistance Service (ITAS) which offered help to visitors targeted by thieves.

ITAS said pick-pocketing was the most common offence of the 726 crimes perpetrated against tourists, about 52% of incidents reported.

The organisation said it also helped eight tourists who were victims of violent attacks

Dublin’s city centre garda stations, particularly Pearse Street and Store Street, continue to refer the majority of the cases (89%) handled by ITAS. Garda stations in counties Wicklow and Kerry also referred a number of victims to the organisation.

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New Paris Tourism Event

The latest news from the Joomla!

A delegation of 35 Irish tourism businesses travelled to Paris to take part in a brand new, B2B tourism event for 2015, Irlande à Paris.

The group is pictured with Caroline Phelan, Tourism Ireland (back, fifth right), and Game of Thrones characters (right), outside the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris, where the new B2B tourism event, Irlande à Paris, took place.

Organised by Tourism Ireland, Irlande à Paris took place in the Irish Cultural Centre and involved two simultaneous workshops and networking events – one targeting group tour operators and travel agents, the other business tourism and MICE (meetings, incentive, conferences and events) buyers. It provided the Irish delegation with the opportunity to meet and do business with more than 250 carefully selected French travel professionals – including leading business tourism buyers, group tour operators and travel agents.

Monica MacLaverty, Tourism Ireland’s head of southern Europe, said: “2014 was a record year for French visitors to Ireland and Tourism Ireland in France is undertaking an extensive programme of promotional activity throughout 2015 – to keep the momentum going and build on that growth. We were delighted that so many influential French travel professionals took the time to come and meet our industry partners at our new event, Irlande à Paris – demonstrating their keen interest in programming the island of Ireland in 2015 and beyond.”

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