Minister Cullen and Minister Foster recognise tourism successes on the island of Ireland Noticias Turismo Viajar | Miércoles, 01 Octubre, 2008 - 04:48
		Martin Cullen TD, Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism together with Northern Ireland's Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Arlene Foster, MLA recognised tourism industries’ successes last night (30 September) at the inaugural Tourism Ireland 'Ambassadors for Tourism' Awards held at the National Gallery of Ireland.   These awards honour industry professionals whose outstanding contributions to marketing overseas have helped shape and grow the tourism industry on the island of Ireland. (Award-winners given below). Welcoming Minister Arlene Foster to Dublin, Minister Cullen said that the “awards show how the industry is co-operating to all our benefit.” Minister Cullen added: "It is important to recognise leadership and innovation in every walk of life, and I commend Tourism Ireland for initiating these awards. The recipients of these inaugural awards have demonstrated such qualities and have played an important role in the development and success of overseas tourism to the island of Ireland. They have truly been ambassadors for Irish tourism." Congratulating the award recipients, Minister Arlene Foster said: “Overseas tourism has made a significant contribution to the Northern Ireland economy over the past five years with strong growth in visitors from North America adding to a total of over two million visitors last year. The growth achieved to date is in no small part due to the hard work and determination of the award winners. Their continued promotion of Northern Ireland as a ‘must see,’ destination will help us to achieve our ambitious targets to increase tourist numbers to 2.5 million and grow tourism revenue to £520 million by 2011.” Chairman of Tourism Ireland, Hugh Friel, said: “This is the first time that we have had the opportunity to acknowledge and applaud the outstanding contribution of colleagues in the tourism industry who have worked so hard overseas to help build tourism into the success it is today. Despite the current challenges, our tourism industry is a success. For a small island of two jurisdictions on the edge of Western Europe, we have punched well above our weight in terms of growth and market share and we aim to continue this performance.” Mr Friel added: “Tourism is now one of the most important indigenous industries and it is vital that we consolidate and build on this next year and beyond. Delivering almost ¤4.5bn annually for the economies on the island, the benefits of sustained investment in marketing and promotion overseas are clear and, if maintained, will continue to show benefits into the future.” Buscar más temas sobre: Noticias de hoy  Solo TextoRecordar este sitio | En Otros Paises
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