Hello again from Travel Directories Ireland.
Firstly congratulations to the new All Ireland Hurling Champions Kilkenny on their runaway wins over Clare & Tipperary and to Cork in the camogie. Also well done to the Ireland Rugby team on their win over Romainia, and commiserations to the Ireland Soccer team on their defeat to Russia.
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This issue
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1) Tourism News
2) From Travel Directories Ireland
3) Internet News
4) Just for Fun
5) Thought for today
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1) Tourism News
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Over the next three months Ryanair is offering one million "free" seats across its network to promote the launch of its customer service and lowfares charter.
www.online.ie/business/viewer.adp?article=1837564
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In recent speeches (12-8-02 & 4-9-02) by John O'Donoghue Minister for Arts, Sports and Tourism, the minister has emphasised the need to focus more attention on Continental Europe. Travel Directories Ireland have been doing this for the last 2 years through Irelands only multilingual travel website, the first to market the island of Ireland internationally as a tourist destination.
www.gov.ie/arts-sport-tourism/pressroom/pressroom.htm
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Although visitors from America and Canada were down for the 1st quarter of the year visitors from Britain and mainland Europe were up.
Visitors to Ireland by country of residence:
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1st Quarter
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2001
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2002
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Change
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(thousand)
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Great Britain
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632
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750
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+118
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Europe
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203
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213
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+10
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U.S.A./Canada
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160
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134
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-26
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Others
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43
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45
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+2
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How they got here:
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1st Quarter
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2001
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2002
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Change
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(thousand)
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Air Cross Channel
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600
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668
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+68
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Sea Cross Channel
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178
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219
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+41
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Transatlantic
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91
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75
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-16
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Continental
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172
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183
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+11
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for more information click on:
eirestat.cso.ie/TRDQvarlist.html
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Unison / Independent Newspaper had an online poll recently asking the question, why is Ireland facing a tourism crisis ?
The options given were:
- Failure to open market to low-cost travel
- Events of September 11th
- Foot and Mouth crisis
- None of the above
As an industry member you might want to read the comments and maybe make your own:
www.unison.ie/polls/index.php3?ident=Business&mypollid=170
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2) From Travel Directories Ireland:
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Travel Directories Ireland recorded over 1 million page hits in the last six months.
www.dirl.com/logs/
Remember you can now have your own domain name from Travel Directories Ireland, (.com .net .org .info) for only €100 pa.
This will shorten your current website address with us (your existing address will still work also).
domains@dirl.com for details.
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As Usual:
We offer free listings in our accommodation, food & drink and leisuredirectories.
www.dirl.com/join.htm
We ask you to keep your webpage up to date regarding prices and contactinfo.
webmaster@dirl.com
We offer a free translated webpage for groups promoting their town orvillage.
localinfo@dirl.com
(Example: www.dirl.com/carlow/borris.htm)
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3) Internet News
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Nua estimate that there are 580.78 million people online world-widewith 185.83 million people online in Europe compared to 182.67 millionin Canada & USA, (May 2002).
www.nua.com/surveys/how_many_online/index.html
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Figures available from Global Reach regarding internet language distribution.
global-reach.biz/globstats/index.php3
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million online
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English
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228
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Chinese
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55.5
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Japanese
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52.1
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Spanish
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40.8
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German
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38.6
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French
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22
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Italian
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20.2
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4) Just for Fun
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Can you unjumble these Anagrams? (Answers at the end of the newsletter)
a) A popular Tourist Destination in Co. Cork!
O R A M M C O
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b) A popular Heritage Site in Co. Meath!
N T O K W H
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c)Home to one of Europe's oldest Horse Fairs (Co. Galway).
A B L E N A S L I L O
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6) Thought for Today:
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If someone can see both sides of a problem, you know that none of theirmoney is tied up in it.
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Answers:
a) MACROOM: Macroom is a lively market town with a colourful history.The town was home to prize winning playwright T.C.. Murray. There are many activities on offer to any visitor to the town. The town is an ideal location for a restful and relaxing holiday.
www.macroom.ie
b) KNOWTH: The Megalithic Passage Tombs of Knowth are located in the present day County of Meath on the east coast of Ireland. The Boyne Valley Mounds at Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth were built around 3200BC making them older than Stonehenge in England and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.
www.knowth.com
c) BALLINASLOE: Home to one of Europe's oldest Horse Fairs, the Ballinasloe Fair. It is held in East Galway's principal town on the first week of October each year. (This years Fair starts Saturday 28th September - concludes Sunday 6th October)
www.ballinasloe.com
Travel Directories Ireland