Tralee, County Kerry and Lismore, County Waterford, have been crowned winners at the fourth annual Tourism Towns Awards which took place in The Morrison Hotel, in Dublin this week.
The Tourism Towns Award were designed by Fáilte Ireland to promote Irish towns and villages to enhance their appeal to tourists visiting their local area.
As the overall winners, Tralee and Lismore received its winning certificate along with a €5,000 grant each towards further developing itself as a tourism destination.
Tralee picked up the top prize as Ireland’s best National Large Tourism Town while Lismore came out on top in the National Small Tourism Town category.
Tralee and Lismore were chosen from a shortlist of ten top tourism towns, with the remaining towns all receiving certificates of merit to acknowledge their own impressive performances in reaching out to visitors and creating the best possible tourism experiences.
Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring said, "The people of Tralee and Lismore truly understand tourism and value their visitors. Ultimately, this shows in the quality of what they have to offer and in the warmth of their welcome."
Source: www.businessworld.ie