Chinese travel professionals explore the island of Ireland

Thirteen (13) leading Chinese travel professionals are visiting the island of Ireland this week, as guests of Tourism Ireland and G2 Travel.

The aim of the visit is to showcase our unique tourism offering – including our spectacular scenery and world-class visitor attractions – to inspire the travel professionals to include Ireland in their future programmes and recommend it as a ‘must visit’ destination to their Chinese clients.

In Northern Ireland, the group visited Game of Thrones Studio Tour, Hillsborough Castle and Gardens, Titanic Belfast, Titanic Distillers, Giant’s Causeway and Glenshane Country Farm. The action-packed itinerary also included the Cliffs of Moher, Killarney National Park, Blarney Castle & Gardens, Kilkenny Castle, Smithwick’s Experience Kilkenny and Powerscourt Estate. Kildare Village, Irish National Stud & Gardens, The Book of Kells Experience and Guinness Storehouse also featured on the programme.

Aisling McDermott, Tourism Ireland’s Head of Global Partnerships, said: “We are thrilled to invite this group of Chinese travel professionals to experience for themselves our spectacular scenery and world-class visitor attractions. Visits like this provide a fantastic opportunity to inform and influence these important Chinese travel professionals about what the island has to offer and, importantly, to encourage them to include the destination in their future programmes and recommend it to their clients.”