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to Travel Directories Ireland Newsletter for Summer 2004
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Tourism
NewsAir Travel
Open Skies:
EU Transport ministers rejected a US Open Skies deal to end bilateral agreements between the US and indiviual EU countries due to US refusals to open american domestic routes to european carriers.
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New Flights:
Low-cost airline easyJet has launched 4 new direct routes from Belfast International Airport to Paris & Nice in France and Malaga & Alicante in Spain. The Belfast Paris service is to operate daily.
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Aer Arann is to begin operating its first routes to France next week with the launch of services from Waterford and Galway to Lorient in South Brittany twice weekly.
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Tourism Statistics
The Central Statistics Office have released Travel and Tourism statistics for the first quarter of 2004.
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| ,000 Bednights | Great Britain | Other Europe | USA & Canada | Other Areas | ||||||||
| Q1-03 | Q1-04 | % +/- | Q1-03 | Q1-04 | % +/- | Q1-03 | Q1-04 | % +/- | Q1-03 | Q1-04 | % +/- | |
| Hotel | 813 | 810 | - 0.4 | 294 | 355 | +20.7 | 358 | 452 | +26.3 | 58 | 80 | +37.9 |
| Guesthouse/B&B | 217 | 203 | - 6.5 | 168 | 316 | +88.1 | 265 | 190 | -28.3 | 32 | 38 | +18.75 |
| Rented House/Apartment | 307 | 354 | +15.3 | 634 | 677 | + 6.8 | 123 | 176 | +43.1 | 356 | 176 | -22.5 |
| Caravan/Camping | 16 | 2 | -87.5 | 4 | 5 | +25.0 | 0 | 1 | ++++ | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hostel | 61 | 76 | +24.6 | 208 | 109 | -47.6 | 51 | 72 | +41.2 | 29 | 62 | +113.8 |
| Friends/Relatives | 1,467 | 1,268 | -13.6 | 548 | 513 | - 6.4 | 286 | 406 | +42.0 | 265 | 342 | +29.1 |
| Other | 124 | 159 | +28.2 | 210 | 290 | +38.1 | 88 | 61 | -30.7 | 57 | 124 | +117.5 |
| Total | 3,005 | 2,872 | - 4.4 | 2,066 | 2,260 | + 9.4 | 1,171 | 1,358 | +16.0 | 797 | 822 | +3.1 |
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Strawberry and Baileys Fool
Ingredients:
1 pint strawberries, washed and hulled, with 6 reserved
Undoubtedly, one of the prettiest fruit fools is made with strawberries, and this version adds Baileys Irish Cream for a little zip! The alternating layers of deep colored puréed fruit and the lighter whipped strawberry/cream are a picture-perfect ending to a spring meal.
Directions:
Chill 6 stem glasses while preparing the fruit.
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Recipe
2 cups heavy cream
1/2 cup Baileys Irish Cream
confectioners' sugar, for dusting
(Serves 6)
In a food processor or blender, purée the strawberries until smooth.
In a small bowl, with an electric mixer on high speed, whip the cream until stiff.
Add half the strawberry purée and the Baileys to the cream and blend until smooth.
Remove glasses from refrigerator and divide the strawberry/cream mix into the bottom quarter of each.
Spoon over the fruit purée, and continue to alternate layers of cream with fruit.
Slice the reserved strawberries over the top of each glass and sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.
Final
Thought
Slán
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