Plan to bring 500,000 extra tourists to Cork

A new strategy has been launched to attract more than 500,000 extra tourists per year to Cork within the next five years, which will be worth an additional €214m annually to the local economy.

The strategy, being developed jointly by the tourism industry and the city and county councils, aims in particular to target increases in visitor numbers from Britain, France, Germany, and North America and, if successful, will create an additional 9,000 full-time and seasonal jobs in the trade. Tourism currently supports around 39,000 jobs in the region.

Details of the plan, Growing Tourism in Cork: A Collective Strategy — were announced at Cork Airport by the Cork Tourism Strategy Taskforce.