Rural beauty walks set toattract tourists

SOUTH Tipperary is calculating that 10 of its “natural beauties” will strongly aid the county’s fight for a larger share of overseas tourism.

The Tipperary Ten is a group of walking trails developed to increase access to “a landscape knee-deep in heritage and loaded with legend”.

Linking serene villages and meandering past stately homes and abbeys as well as rambling along tranquil river banks, the new walking routes are designed to draw tourists away from the traditional honeypots by showcasing the best that south Tipperary has to offer.