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Ireland is going all out for the year-long "Gathering" of its vast diaspora -- especially from America -- in a big push for tourism dollars.
Sean Carey, Guardian | 11 years ago
Media and PR
Tourism Ireland certainly is ambitious, and it will be interesting to see if its online outreach spends translates into visits.
Skift | 11 years ago
Hotels
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.
Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago
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.
Rafat Ali, Skift | 11 years ago
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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.
Skift | 12 years ago
Going after an audience with strong counter programming is fine if you want to play second fiddle, but Ireland will likely see more benefits thanks to the visa waiver program than picking up London's sloppy seconds.
Lorraine Turner, Reuters | 12 years ago