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Ireland has been promoted to a total of 240 top Spanish tour operators, as well as travel agents, travel journalists and airline representatives at Tourism Ireland’s “Fly with your heart with Ireland” events held in Madrid as well as Bilbao and Barcelona this week.
A total of eight tourism companies from Ireland are participating in this event, promoting and selling their products as well as services to the Spanish travel professionals attending in each city, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.
It has been noted that every event includes a networking session and a presentation to introduce Tourism Ireland’s new campaign “Fill your heart with Ireland” as well as a virtual tour of the island of Ireland.
“We’re really pleased that so many key Spanish travel professionals and journalists are taking the time to come and meet with our partners from Ireland in Madrid, Bilbao and Barcelona this week,” Tourism Ireland’s Manager Spain, Susan Bolger, pointed out in this regard.
Bolger added that the main purpose is to increase awareness of the island of Ireland among Spanish travel professionals as well as journalists in order to inspire them to encourage their clients and readers to come and explore the territories, as well as less-visited attractions, especially during the off-peak season.
According to Tourism in Ireland report, Spain is among the largest markets for overseas tourism to the island of Ireland this year, while it noted that in 2019, it welcomed a total of 431,000 tourists from Spain to the Island of Ireland, who spent a total of €218 million €218 million during their time in Ireland.
Ireland’s authorities are continuously attempting to help its tourism sector recover from the damages caused by the spread of the Coronavirus.
Last year, the chief executive of the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC), Eoghan O’Mara Walsh, said that the country’s tourism industry should introduce new plans that would help the tourism sector recover from financial losses caused by the spread of the Coronavirus, and stop chasing short-term gains.
Authorities in Ireland have continuously attempted to help the tourism sector recover from the profound financial losses caused by the spread of the Coronavirus and its new variants.
Despite the ongoing efforts of authorities in Ireland, the chief executive at Failte Ireland, Paul Kelly, last year said that the tourism industry is not expected to recover from the damages caused by the spread of the Coronavirus until at least 2026, after, according to him, the country will be subject to difficulties when recovering.
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