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2019 Three Counties In The South-East Join New Figures Show Rise In

27th, Wales In Tourism Promotion Numbers Of Tourists Visiting

November

| Ireland In The Last Year
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Businesses in the south east are being encouraged to take
part in a new joint venture with counties in Wales to pro-
mote tourism in the regions.
The Celtic Routes initiative will see Wicklow, Wexford
and Waterford join with Carmarthenshire, Pembrokeshire
and Ceredigion in Wales.
It is backed by €2 million in EU funding and is being
launched in Enniscorthy, Co Wexford.
Project director Oonagh Messette hopes it will lead to
greater numbers of tourists staying in the areas longer rather
than passing through.
“We’ve had a lot of input from all our stakeholders reland has seen a rise in America has shown a weaker “The additional funding
whether it’s Ireland’s Ancient East or the visitor board with- the number of overseas pattern as the year unfolds. allocated to Tourism Ireland
in Wicklow, Wexford and Waterford, a number of tourism Itourists visiting in the The decision by Norwegian in Budget 2020, in response to
businesses and the three local authorities working very last 12 months. to discontinue its transat- the Brexit challenge for Irish
closely,” said Ms Messette. Central Statistics Office lantic services in September tourism, means that Tourism
“So we have done a lot of hard work and we really hope (CSO) figures show that there 2018 meant the removal of Ireland is rolling out a num-
it does pay off.” C
were 956,800 trips to Ireland almost 5,300 airline seats per ber of end-of-year promotion-
by overseas residents in week between North al campaigns right now – in
Win Tickets To See October, an increase of 2.5% America and Ireland. the US, Britain, Germany,
France, Spain, Italy, the
compared to the same month
“The figures very much
The Irish Tenors Live last year. reflect feedback from our Netherlands and the Nordic
industry partners on the
countries – to kick-start our
Irish people made 733,000
As a special promo- overseas trips in October ground, who’ve seen weaker promotional effort and posi-
tion for the We Three 2019, a rise of 2.3% compared demand this year. tion us well for 2020.
Kings Christmas Show to a year earlier. “The continued uncertain- “Next week, we will out-
featuring The Irish Trips by people from Great ty around Brexit is giving rise line our plans for 2020, when
Tenors with orchestra Britain went up by 4.2% to to consumer concern in we will be pulling out all the
at the NYCB Theatre 336,400 while the number of Britain and some Mainland stops to ensure that the island
at Westbury on people from other European European markets. There’s of Ireland continues to
Saturday December countries other than Great also been a deterioration in increase its share of the global
14, we have five Britain coming to Ireland air access capacity this year. travel business.” C
pairs of tickets to giveaway. grew by 8.3% to 355,900. Ryanair Announces New Flights
All you have to do is send us in your name, email There were 8.8% fewer
address and postal address together with the answer USA and Canada residents From Dublin To Warsaw
to the following question: In what part of Ireland was coming to Ireland in the year R y a n a i r
Ronan Tynan born? which fell to 208,800 while
The first five correct answers drawn on December 1st trips to Ireland from Other h a s
will each win a pair of tickets. Areas rose by 4.3% to 55,700. announced
The total number of trips - extra flights to
Answer: ___________________________________ Irish residents’ trips overseas W a r s a w
Name: ____________________________________ plus trips to Ireland - last Modlin in
Poland from
Street Address: _____________________________ month went up by 2.4% to Dublin.
City: ______________________________________ 1,689,800 when compared to T h e
12 months earlier.
State: _____________________________________ In the 10 months to the a n n o u n c e -
Zip: ______________________________________ end of October, the total ment comes
Phone: ____________________________________ number of trips to Ireland as part of the flight company’s expansion in Central and Eastern
e-Mail: ____________________________________ grew by 2.2% when com- Europe.

pared with the same period in From March 2020, there will be nine flights flying from Dublin
Mail your answer to: 2018. Irish residents’ trips to the Polish capital.
The Irish Examiner USA, P.O. box 474, Williston overseas during the same Passengers can book now up until October 2020.
Park, NY 11596 period increased by 7.1%. Ryanair have also announced a seat sale for travel until the
You can also enter online at irishexaminerusa.com Niall Gibbons, CEO of end of March 2020, though flights must be booked by midnight
Tourism Ireland, said: “North on Thursday. C