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Renamed as the Department of Tourism, Culture and Sport [23] 1 April 2011 Transfer of Tourism and Sport to the Department of Transport [24] 1 May 2011 Transfer of Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Islands from the Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs [25] 1 May 2011
The new activities led to the creation of the World Travel & Tourism Human Resources Centre in Vancouver and the World Travel & Tourism Taxation Policy Centre in the United States. [5] In 1997, the WTTC organised the first Global Travel and Tourism Summit in Vilamoura, Portugal. [4] Membership in the organisation reached 100 the same year. [4]
Tourism Ireland (Irish: Turasóireacht Éireann; Ulster-Scots: Tourism Airlan [1] or Reengin Airlann) [2] is the marketing body responsible for marketing the island of Ireland overseas. Tourism Ireland was established as one of "six areas of co-operation" under the framework of the 1998 Belfast Agreement and became operational in January 2002.
Fáilte Ireland is the operating name of the National Tourism Development Authority of Ireland. This authority was established under the National Tourism Development Authority Act of 2003 to replace and build upon the functions of Bord Fáilte, its predecessor organisation. [ 1 ]
Thomson travel agents in Wetherby, United Kingdom in 2012. In 1970, the business was re-launched as "Thomson Holidays" under the leadership of Bryan Llewellyn as managing director. [2] In 1972 Thomson acquired Lunn Poly, a small chain of agents which Thomson grew to become the largest chain of travel agents in the United Kingdom. [3]
He was a regular spokesperson for global findings and growth statistics on travel and tourism at conferences and global summits [22] [23] [24] till his departing from WTTC in 2017. [25] He has also been one of the main voices in the media regarding terrorism, [26] disasters and the tourism industry. [27] [28] [29]
ETC was established in Stalheim, Norway, during an excursion of the 1948 Congress of the International Union of Official Travel Organizations (IUOTO).ETC became IUOTO's regional commission for Europe in line with the latter's aim “to promote, in a technical and entirely non-political manner, freedom of travel, so as to strengthen peace and mutual understanding between the nations of the ...
Tourism in the Republic of Ireland is one of the biggest contributors to the economy of Ireland, with 9.0 million people visiting the country in 2017, about 1.8 times Ireland's population. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Each year about €5.2bn in revenue is made from economic activities directly related to tourists, accounting for nearly 2% of GNP and employing ...