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Donohoe Reveals Strategy

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The Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, has published his Department’s Statement of Strategy 2015 – 2017.

The Statement was prepared following extensive consultation with internal and external stakeholders and interested parties.

Major elements of the Strategy include prioritising the completion of the Luas Cross City Project; publishing national policies for tourism, aviation and maritime safety; increasing the number of air routes operating in and out of Ireland; facilitating the development of sports facilities and continuing to work towards reducing road fatalities and injuries.

Shannon wins GPO Contract

An Post has appointed Shannon Heritage to operate and manage the GPO Witness History Interpretive Exhibition Centre. Th

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e contract was awarded following a tender process.

The visitor centre is under construction in the inner eastern courtyard of the GPO and is expected to attract up to 300,000 visitors annually when it opens at Easter 2016.

Tourism Grows into 2015

Figures released today show that 2015 has seen tourism growth continue. CSO data shows that the number of overseas visits between November 2014 and January 2

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015 increased by 9.1% compared to the corresponding period for 2013/2014.

The CSO Quarterly National Household Survey, which was also published, shows further positive results for the sector with the numbers employed in the accommodation and food services sector (seasonally adjusted) increasing by 1,600.

Commenting on the figures, Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland, said: “I am delighted to see an increase in overseas visitor numbers of +9% between November 2014 and January 2015, about 123,200 additional visitors when compared with the same three-month period last year.

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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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