Gay Media Visit Pride
A group of travel journalists and influencers from the United States visited Ireland as guests of Tourism Ireland, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism NI.
The journalists, whose publications and online platforms have a predominantly LGBTQIA+ audience spanning millions of people, visited Dublin and participated in the city’s Pride Parade.
Alison Metcalfe, Tourism Ireland’s Head of North America, said: “We were delighted to invite this group of US travel journalists and influencers to Ireland, to experience this year’s Dublin Pride and see for themselves what we have to offer LGBTQIA+ visitors.”
The group’s itinerary included a Lavender Walk Queer History Tour of Dublin with activist and journalist Tonie Walsh. They also visited Killruddery House & Gardens, Game of Thrones Studio Tour, Hillsborough Castle and Gardens, Titanic Belfast and The Maverick for Open Drag Stage. The group enjoyed a tour along the Causeway Coastal Route and visited Belfast, where they met with local playwright Dominic Montague for “Quartered: Belfast, A Love Story”, an outdoor audio theatre walking tour which explores the city through the prism of LGBTQI+ experience.
The group is pictured during a Lavender Walk Queer History Tour of Dublin with Tonie Walsh (left); Eddie McGuinness, The Outing Festival (fourth left); Antoinette Reilly, Fáilte Ireland (second right); and Jenna Chapman, Tourism Ireland (right).
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