Articles tagged “ireland”

The thought of a convention of world leaders is a hotelier's dream, but until it goes off without a hitch it's a bit of a nightmare.

History isn't the exclusive preserve of governments and world-famous museums, but can sometimes be found in locked-up rooms containing a lifetime's collection of papers and objects. The Jackie Clarke Collection in Ballina, Ireland, sounds like a people's museum that's worth a visit.

Ireland is going all out for the year-long "Gathering" of its vast diaspora -- especially from America -- in a big push for tourism dollars.

Tourism Ireland certainly is ambitious, and it will be interesting to see if its online outreach spends translates into visits.

This week's roundup puts a bit of a chill on the season and leaves us looking forward to a thaw and ads that promise a bit of Spring.

Bollywood films don't get the attention of a, say, J.R.R. Tolkien adaptation, but they do more than any other genre of movie to boost destination tourism due to their massive audience base.

Ireland is going about it methodically, and seems to have the right plans, but competition is fierce from UK and Scotland as well.

UK, which is the biggest source of Irish tourism, still remains depressed, and Olympics had no effect on the business. So still a long way to go before back to 2007 levels.