The Dublin Tourist office on Suffolk st is staffed by mainly Spanish people.
And the Galway tour companys office in Galway is staffed by Polish staff.
This is not good enough.

Actually when I was in cuba there was a HUGE amount of russian. Their history and the fact they don’t need visa to go there. Left any and all visa restrictions. Do it like thailand where when you land you get 30 day visa.

I am Ukrainian and I was working in hospitality in Ireland for 7 years. Marc Anthony Power is right. Ireland won’t get many rich from former USSR countries. They should concentrate on Asia and US instead. First of all not all Russians are rich, the average wage is around 600 euros a month and twice less in Ukraine. So that’s why out of 24 mln Russians around 20 ml travel to countries like Egypt, Turkey, Bulgaria, Ukraine etc. Because it is very cheap. You can buy an All Inclusive 3* tour to Turkey or Egypt for 500 euro per person for 10 days if you travel from Ukraine or Russia. Visa problem is not the biggest either, Iast year Irish government did a good move, they allowed people with British Visas (far more difficult to get than Irish) to travel without visa to Ireland and I already could see a small increase in tourists coming from former USSR countries. Most of rich Russians hold second citizenship (Spain, UK, Canada) so they do not need a visa. No offence but Ireland is not interested for most of those tourists. As I said emerging middle class like to travel were there is a cheap booze and sun. For the rest Ireland won’t be N1 or even N2 destination. For shopping they go to Milan or Paris, holidays Spain or Cyprus were they have properties. Most of rich Russians I met weren’t really interested in Irish history and culture compare to US and Japanese tourists. Golf? No. In Ukraine we have only 2 golf fields and a bit more in Russia. But very few people play golf in former USSR.

The thing is, the UAE is sunny and warm during Russia’s winter while at the same time Ireland is damp and cold.

You can get amazing hotel deals in Kilkenny.

cost of hotel room in kilkenny.
http://www.broadsheet.ie/2013/02/04/bruce-almighty-2/

Kilkenny has always been overhyped & overpriced. Come on down to beautiful county Waterford & visit Ireland’s oldest city :)

Frances, that’s just the price for the one weekend when Bruce Springsteen plays. That’s misleading. He’s only playing that one weekend in July. Kilkenny is a great place to visit. The hotels the week before and after would be a fraction of the price.

Francis I mean

@jack bowden
sorry jack wasn’t just picking on kilkenny as you see i mentioned temple bar also , doesn’t look good for potential tourists to be reading about rip off prices when trying to promote ” THE GATHERING”

I think it works both ways, with us trying to visit there too. It’s surely the first thing that should be addressed to encourage tourism.

Why in dublin? What about the rest of the country

Any sort of planning would help…..the lack of common sense or cultural awareness I encounter is astounding….I took a group of Chinese to one of dublins biggest tourist attractions recently and I asked for Chinese language guides and was given Japanese ones by the person there…..and I have countless other examples of general silliness

Why not adopt Irish kids? There are thousands of them in care.

Thats just it Tommy they’re in care.
The children in Russia, and plenty of other countries I’m sure, live in orphanages, nobody to tuck them in at night, I breaks my heart.
Do you know the Russian government have a data base of every opphan with their picture and ID number ?
I’ve been on it and it would pull at anyone’s heart strings.
One day I hope to adopt, as a currently singe mother with two children it would be difficult for me to be considered for adoption in Ireland.
And just to say, I’m not usually one for being off topic but the # on the article is # To Russia with Love, that’s an Irish charity that works closly with Russian orphanages.

Yeah I know. I volunteer with irish kids in care. The reason many of them are in care is because no one will adopt them. Irish people want babies not toddlers so theyd rather take Russian kids instead of our own who need love and care.

Nice bit of over generalizing and stereotyped bigotry. Well done!