German film to bring tourists in droves

HUNDREDS of tourists are expected to flock to Cork and Kerry this summer after 7.7 million people in Germany watched a television drama shot in the southern counties.

Judith von Rauchhaupt, from Tourism Ireland’s German office, said industry chiefs were expecting the numbers of those visiting the locations shown in An Ocean Apart, by Robin Pilcher, to soar.

More than 7.7 million people in Germany watched the drama, An Ocean Apart, when it aired on the ZDF German state television stations on Sunday, January 8.