{"id":4705,"date":"2018-12-24T11:15:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-24T16:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4705"},"modified":"2018-12-24T11:15:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-24T16:15:15","slug":"tourism-ireland-launch-major-marketing-campaign-in-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4705","title":{"rendered":"Tourism Ireland Launch Major Marketing Campaign in USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/NiallGibbons_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4706\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/NiallGibbons_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/NiallGibbons_large-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>A major tourism drive is being kick-started today in the US.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism Ireland is going to have a week-long campaign in New York, LA, Minneapolis and Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Chief Executive, Niall Gibbons, says the American market is vital to Irish tourism:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have doubled the number of visitors from that region over the last seven years and we are looking to grow them again,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Between the US and Canada next year, we expect to see in excess of two million visitors which is a significant number and has played a very important role in market diversification which is a key strategy in the context of Brexit<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-4705\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4705&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-4705\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4705&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-4705\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4705&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=4705\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A major tourism drive is being kick-started today in the US. Tourism Ireland is going to have a week-long campaign in New York, LA, Minneapolis and Dallas. 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