Estuary Plans to Double Visitors
Plans to double the number of tourists to the Shannon region by 2030 and harness the potential of offshore wind are among the recommendations from the interim report of the Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce. The taskforce, chaired by Barry O'Sullivan of the IDA and Johnson & Johnson, sets out how the region can play a leading role in the switch to renewable energy.
According to the report, the estuary would also become a hub for sustainable transport technologies and a western "digital gateway" to Europe. It proposes significant investment in the ports at Foynes and Moneypoint, a new auction for floating wind generation in 2024 and identifying industrial sites for clean energy industries like hydrogen.
A tourism subgroup of the taskforce is to identify actions that can harness a 100% growth in tourist numbers to the region by 2030.
The Adare Manor Limerick Ryder Cup 2027 will showcase the region to hundreds of millions of international viewers with considerable spending power and will be leveraged to encourage greater visitor numbers.
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