Marine tourism strategy for west Cork unveiled

CORK county manager Martin Riordan has called on private investors to “climb onboard” a council plan to help promote the marine tourist industry.

He made the plea following the launch of a marine leisure infrastructure strategy for west Cork, which was compiled by the local authority along with the coastal and marine resource centre at UCC.

The manager said Cork’s coastline was an extremely valuable and under-utilised resource which should be used to build up marine tourism, with a potential spin-off of millions of euro for local businesses.