A welcome Viking invasion! Tourism Ireland sets its sights on more Nordic tourists

Published on : Thursday, February 22, 2018

REPRO FREE 08/02/2018, Copenhagen, Denmark – Northern Ireland was showcased to some 50 top tour operators from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland – at Tourism Ireland’s 2018 Nordic trade workshop in Copenhagen.  PIC SHOWS: Ruta Sinkeviciute, Abbey Ireland & UK; Eamon McEneaney, Waterford Museum of Treasures; Rikke Aagaard Petersen and Maarit Kärkkäinen, both Tourism Ireland; Eva Gøtsche, Norwegian Airlines; Nordic tour operator; Julie McLaughlin, Tourism Ireland; Fergus O'Grady, Strandwood Hotel Group; HE Clíona Manahan, Irish Ambassador to Denmark; Assumpta O'Neill, Titanic Belfast; Finola O'Mahony and Peter Nash, both Tourism Ireland; Aoife McVeigh, Visit Belfast; John Callely, John Callely International; Mary-Therese Byrne, Dublinia; Suzanne Reid, Christ Church Cathedral; Jim Deegan, Railtours Ireland First Class; Valerie Wilgar, Dalata Hotel Group; Donal Cawley, The Merry Ploughboy; Úna Young, Select Hotels of Ireland; Fia Moore, ‎Destination Services Ireland; Martina Canty, Fáilte Ireland; Alexandra Mehaffy, Giant’s Causeway; Karen Henderson, Visit Derry; and Kate O'Mahony, Tourism Ireland, at Tourism Ireland’s Nordic trade workshop in Copenhagen. Pic – Frank Undall (no repro fee) Further press info – Sinéad Grace, Tourism Ireland 087-685 9027Ireland was showcased to some 50 top tour operators from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland – at Tourism Ireland’s 2018 Nordic trade workshop in Copenhagen. Irish Ambassador to Denmark, Clíona Manahan, and British Ambassador to Denmark, Dominic Schroeder, addressed the guests attending the workshop.

Seventeen (17) tourism companies from Ireland took part in the workshop, meeting and doing business with the Nordic tour operators, to encourage them to extend their Ireland offering, or to include Ireland for the first time, in their brochures and programmes.

“We are delighted that so many influential tour operators from Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland have taken the time to come and hear about the many things to see and do on a holiday on the island of Ireland,” said Julie McLaughlin, Tourism Ireland’s Manager for the Nordic Region. “2017 was a really good year for visitor numbers to Ireland from the Nordic Region, with the most recent CSO figures for October to December showing an increase of +26.4% – an extra 13,400 Nordic visitors compared with the same three-month period in 2016. We will roll out an extensive programme of promotional activity once again in 2018, to build on this success and continue to grow Nordic visitor numbers.”

 

 

Source:- Tourism Ireland

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