Whiskey distilleries attract over 800,000 visitors
UK broadcaster Dermot O'Leary and Tourism Ireland have produced Dermot’s Taste of Ireland to promote the country in the UK.Tourism Ireland chief executive Alice Mansergh said there was no “visible drop in numbers” as a result of industrial action by pilots at Aer Lingus in a dispute over pay.
In May, the country attracted 622,300 overseas visitors, a 8.5 per cent increase on the same time period last year. Some 35 per cent of visitors came from Britain, 25 per cent from the United States and 7 per cent from Germany, according to the Central Statistics Office. It comes as whiskey distilleries attracted over 800,000 visitors around the island of Ireland in the year to June 2024. Tourism Ireland is marking 700 years of Irish distilling heritage with online audiences across 14 markets and the average spend of distillery visitors increasing, according to the Irish Whiskey Association.
Interest in Irish whiskey distilleries continues to grow, with a more than 20 per cent increase in online searches for “Irish Whiskey Tours” from key markets such as the US, Germany and Britain in 2024, according to Tourism Ireland.
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