Tourism Ireland in Spain unveiled its key themes for 2018 at an event in Madrid attended by around 50 top travel and lifestyle journalists – including representatives of Condé Nast Traveller, Elle and El País (national daily newspaper) – as well as social influencers and leading Spanish travel professionals.
Tourism Ireland’s programme of activity for 2018 in Spain will highlight experiences like the Wild Atlantic Way, the Causeway Coastal Route, Ireland’s Ancient East, Belfast and Dublin. Screen tourism will also remain a priority, as the organisation continues to capitalise on our connections with Star Wars and Game of Thrones. Other themes for the year will include Galway European Region of Gastronomy. Tourism Ireland in Spain will also work with Brittany Ferries to promote the new service from Santander to Cork.
2017 was another record-breaking year for Spanish visitors to Ireland.
“In 2017, we welcomed around 443,000 Spanish visitors to Ireland, up more than +12% on 2016,” said Barbara Wood, Tourism Ireland’s Manager Spain. “Tourism Ireland will roll out an extensive programme of promotional activity once again in 2018. We are particularly excited about the opportunities the new direct Brittany Ferries route will bring to grow tourist numbers from northern Spain. We look forward to working closely with Brittany Ferries and all of our tourism partners – at home and in Spain – to keep the momentum going and build on the growth of the past few years.”
