Walled City of Derry, Causeway Coast and Donegal wow GB travel journalists

A group of GB travel journalists has been exploring the Walled City of Derry, the Causeway Coast and Donegal, as guests of Tourism Ireland, Tourism NI and Fáilte Ireland. They’re here to experience our superb tourism offering at first-hand and, in turn, to showcase some of the many things to see and do here and inspire their readers in Britain to come and follow in their footsteps. 

During their visit, the journalists enjoyed a walking tour of the Walled City with McCrossan Tours, a trip by rib boat on the River Foyle with Foyle Adventures and a visit to the Walled City Brewery. They visited The Chocolate Manor in Castlerock, Mussenden Temple, Downhill Beach and Dunluce Castle and enjoyed a ‘Spirit of the Bann’ experience with Causeway Coast Foodie Tours. The journalists’ programme also included Grianán of Aileach, a guided tour at Wild Ireland in Burnfoot, Fort Dunree and the Wild Alpaca Way. 

Julie Wakley, Tourism Ireland’s Head of GB, said: “Tourism Ireland was delighted to invite this group of influential travel journalists to come and discover some of the many things to see and do in the Walled City of Derry, on the Causeway Coast and in Donegal. Seeing is definitely believing and fact-finding visits like this are a really effective way for us to get positive exposure for Northern Ireland through the media in Britain.” 

Tourism Ireland is continuing its ‘twinning’ initiative this year, which involves each overseas market ‘twinning’ with a specific region or area on the island of Ireland. GB is twinned with Derry-Londonderry and Donegal, so is placing a special focus on the North-West in its promotions this year.

GB travel journalists and Grace Armitage, Tourism Ireland (third right), get ready to enjoy a trip by rib boat on the River Foyle with Foyle Adventures.