Balancing Wild Atlantic Way strength a target of tourism strategy
County Clare’s Tourism Strategy demonstrates a robustness of representation across the county and offers a unified direction, it was stated at a recent Rural Development SPC meeting.
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New national leadership training initiative in hospitality and tourism
A new leadership programme that will provide highly-subsidised targeted training for the hospitality and tourism industry in the Mid-West region has been welcomed by the Minister of Statewith responsibility for Skills and Further Education, Niall Collins TD. Developing Leaders for Hospitality and Tourism, funded through the Government’s Skills to Advance initiative, is the first of …
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‘We need to be ready’ – Clare councillors seek strategy to entice international tourists if COVID vaccine proves successful
Clare’s tourism taskforce is currently finalising an action plan to enhance the county’s ability to entice visitors if the COVID-19 vaccine has the desired result.
Madden hardened by last recession as COVID-19 recovery begins
Businesses will bounce back from COVID-19, the resilience gained by the economic recession over a decade ago has strengthened Paul Madden and The Temple Gate Hotel as they plot their recovery.
Scattery Island ‘can be a big player’ in strengthening Clare’s tourism product
Leading health officials have urged the Irish public to go on staycations in 2020 as opposed to travelling abroad, a Clare councillor has highlighted one location in the West of the county that needs to capitalise on this message.
‘We’ve nothing to fall back on’ – West Clare reps fearful reliance on tourism will prove costly
Swift movement at a national level is needed to sustain the future of North and West Clare, areas which are heavily reliant on tourism.
Drop in tourism numbers will disproportionately affect Clare
*Kilkee Castle as seen from Dunlicka Castle on Loop Head Photo: Valerie O’Sullivan CLARE is likely to be disproportionately affected by the impact of COVID-19 on tourism with 11 percent of jobs directly dependent on the tourism and hospitality sector.
COVID-19 effect for local economies reliant on tourism ‘disastrous’ – Murphy
*Cllr Cillian Murphy. Photograph: Martin Connolly Protections are being sought for the approximate 6,500 jobs in Clare’s tourism sector with COVID-19 expected to have a “disastrous” impact on the industry.
‘Catastrophic’ period for Clare’s tourism industry ‘offers opportunity’
Clare’s tourism industry is facing its biggest challenge of all time but it also offers an unheralded opportunity to be innovative according to one of the county’s leading experts in the field.
Brexit offering FDI and tourism potential for Co Clare
Brexit poses some challenge for Co Clare but also provides opportunities for foreign direct investment (FDI) and tourism, a recent meeting has heard.