Presentation

4. We are very good at a lot
of things…..

5. But if you just want to
get away from it all.....

7. Context for the visitor
• Ireland West Airport Knock
• Direct Bus & Train Links

8. The Secret is Out
Visitors
• Return to growth
• Booming Tourism Industry
• Increased air capacity & access
• Mayo – ranks one of the highest visited
destinations
• Over 600,000 visitors in 2013
Why?? Because of our....
• People
• Place
• Heritage
• Resources

9. Current position
Visitors
Don’t like boasting...but
• Return to growth
• Booming Tourism Trade
• Increased air capacity & access
• Mayo – near highest visited County
• Over 500,000 visitors in 2013
Why? Because of our....
• Place
• Heritage
• People
• Resources

12. Current position
Visitors
• Return to growth
• Booming Tourism Trade
• Increased air capacity & access
• Mayo – near highest visited County
• Over 500,000 visitors in 2013
Why? Because of our....
• Place
• Heritage
• People
• Resources
Our Strategy is our Team
Mayo County Council is driving innovation in local tourism
Enterprise and Investment Unit established in 2012
Joanne Grehan appointed Head of Local Enterprise
Concentrate group of professionals with key skills and
experience
Three pillar approach in our Strategic Development of
Mayo
• Visit
•Connect
•Invest

13. MAYO - PLACE

14. MAYO - PLACE

15. Mayo - Heritage

16. Mayo - Heritage

17. Mayo - People

18. Our Diaspora
Ireland ... 70,000,000
Mayo ...... 3,500,000

19. What is the Wild
Atlantic Way??

21.  1,939 Accommodation
Premises
516 Attractions
1,573 Activities
580 Festivals & Events
50 Looped Walks
53 Blue Flag Beaches
120 Golf Courses

22. Product Spread along the Wild Atlantic Way
The Journey of A Lifetime
1,939 Accommodation Premises
516 Attractions
1,573 Activities
580 Festivals & Events
17 Trails
50 Looped Walks
53 Blue Flag Beaches
120 Golf Courses
An intriguing convergence of land and sea
stretching along 2,500 km of magnificent West
of Ireland coastline from the Inishowen
Peninsula in County Donegal, tracing through
County Mayo to Kinsale in West Cork.

23. • 159 Discovery Points
• 22 Embarkation
Points
• 15 Signature
Discovery Points
Signature Points
MAYO
1. Downpatrick Head
2. Keem Strand

24. Mayo, Heartbeat
of the Wild
Atlantic Way
 Signature Sites, and...
 Destinations that
challenge the senses

25. “A Tourism
Product is what
you buy ...
A Tourism
Experience in
Mayo is what you
remember”

26. Mayo at the Heart of the Wild
Atlantic Way
by dminton

28. The Great Western Greenway
Westport
Achill
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29. Greenway appeals…

30. PROPOSED CYCLE
NETWORK
Proposed network of scale
and continuity through
idyllic landscapes, nice towns
and linking Mayo’s
visitor attractions.
New Markets: Germany,
Holland etc
Cycling Future
Objective is to link visitor
attractions with a dedicated
cycle network

31. Keem Strand

32. GoGirnege Wnwilady in
Mayo

33. Dun Briste & Downpatrick Head

34. And if all that wasn’t enough.....
bare with me

35. National Museum of Country Life Turlough
Home to the national collection of objects representing the
traditional way of life in Ireland since 1850

36. Ceide Fields

37. Ballycroy National Park & The Wilderness Area

38. Achill, deserted village
The Deserted Village at Slievemore consists of some 80 - 100 stone cottages located
along a mile long stretch of road on the southern slopes of Slievemore mountain

39. Michael Davitt Museum

40. Ballintubber Abbey

41. Westport House

42. Mayo Peace Park

43. Mayo Islands
Iniskea Island Clare Island
One for every day of the year

44. Erris – Overall Winner of Best Place to go Wild in Ireland

45. Mayo Genealogy
County Genealogy Centres
•North Mayo – Enniscoe
•South Mayo – Ballinrobe
Mayo Genealogy Group

46. Jump in, we’ll show
you around....