Galway 23rd Best Tourist Destination in Europe - Tripadvisor

Deadly Delta

Found this on Tripadvisor: http://www.tripadvisor.com/TCDestinations-cTop25-g4

This is great for the City, amazing to see the cities it has beaten!

When you look at the attractions I suppose there is enough to do, but I can't help thinking it could be better.

What addition would you like to see in the city to promote tourism?

I'd like to see more walking tours with guides, there's a lot of Interesting history around the town, especially around the Spanish arch!

PopeBuckfastXVI

We're number 23, we're number 23! Woohoo... in your FACE Paris!

offaly1

:DWahoo..Go Galway!! Be there next weekend... can't wait to experience the galway atmosphere again! :D

soundbyte

Tis a credit to us lovely people, apparently :-)

http://www.galwaynews.ie/12739-galway-pips-paris-tourism-popularity-stakes

_Whimsical_

I wonder what we could do to bump ourselves up that list.

JayMcD

chilly wrote: »

I wonder what we could do to bump ourselves up that list.

Change the crap photos of galway they got

Buglim

JayMcD wrote: »

Change the crap photos of galway they got

Ha, I was thinking the same thing over the weekend, the photos on the site are not very nice.

muppetkiller

Oi !!! my house is in that Photo

Shanley

There are some strange atrractions too!

Euro_Kraut

chilly wrote: »

I wonder what we could do to bump ourselves up that list.

Start spreading vicious rumors about Nice.

e.g. "I hear their B&B booking system is less than adequate in the high season"

Fuinseog

Euro_Kraut wrote: »

Start spreading vicious rumors about Nice.

e.g. "I hear their B&B booking system is less than adequate in the high season"

hear hear. i am surprised that the place is so popular with tourists regarding its anti european stance.
do they still double the price of hotels and bnbs durung race week?

f1dan

Since when are the Cliffs of Moher in Galway?

dr.bollocko

Monte Carlo number 1?!
Austria in the top 3?
I spit on this list.

s_carnage

Did anyone see another report on top tourist destinations in the world that was out last month. Galway was either 2nd or 3rd in Europe in it. Can't for the life of me remember where I saw it and have tried goggling it but to no luck.

Ah maybe I'm going mad!!

snubbleste

Maybe I'm cynical, but are all those trip advisor reviews legitimate or can vested interests post reviews to influence rankings you know to gee i dunno generate free publicity

Fuinseog

f1dan wrote: »

Since when are the Cliffs of Moher in Galway?

sure tis all 'The West'. even the Dubs never say they are going to Mayo Galway or Donegal but always The West.

ciotog

chilly wrote: »

I wonder what we could do to bump ourselves up that list.

Seems to me that tours (walking and bus) feature quite heavily in the attractions listed (putting aside things like specific pubs) so I think opening up the countryside to visitors would benefit. More walking/cycling paths in areas
of natural beauty instead of uninviting narrow and dangerous roads. Also raises quality of life for people living here. Proper signage should make it easy for people to figure out - visit here, you can walk/hike along here, etc. There's so much to Galway that is too well hidden that can attract tourism.

Mrs OBumble

f1dan wrote: »

Since when are the Cliffs of Moher in Galway?

To a tourist who comes from a reasonable size country, they may as well be!

(Shh, don't tell the folks in Clare about our annexation plans ... )

DoMyBooks

I was in Monte Carlo last week for a day and it wasn't that interesting. Few ropey looking middle-aged men in eastern European reg super cars cruising around with super model wannabees. Better atmosphere in a lot of other European cities.

King Mallie

Hopefully next yearwe will be no. 1. There is loads to see and do in our fine city and county. Need to marketed more by tourist board. Then we all could make some money from tourism. Happy days.........:)

bigeasyeah

Hard to be enthusiastic about 23rd place,NO.1 or nothing.I dont even like silver or bronze medals at sporting events.

Deadly Delta

Hard to be enthusiastic about 23rd place,NO.1 or nothing.

I know but considering that there are hundreds of cities in europe, appearing on any such list means we're punching well above our weight especially given the size of the city.

Getting back to my original post, what do you think can be done to boost tourism further in the city?

po0k

Fuinseog wrote: »

sure tis all 'The West'. even the Dubs never say they are going to Mayo Galway or Donegal but always The West.

'The Wesht'

I've heard them [try to] say it.
Shocked and appalled, I was.

bigeasyeah

Deadly Delta wrote: »

I know but considering that there are hundreds of cities in europe, appearing on any such list means we're punching well above our weight especially given the size of the city.

Getting back to my original post, what do you think can be done to boost tourism further in the city?

Well ,to me, is something of a problem here.
Firstly I wouldnt want Galway to all-out become a tourist destination for I think it would somehow diminish the unique dynamic the city has.
Secondly,Galway is small.It can barely handle Race Week.Being overrun with tourists doesnt sound fun to me.
However to answer your question on how to increase tourism I would suggest more use of the our seaboard resources.Beaches,harbours,watersports,cruises etc
Another suggestion ,that is not a dig at Galways finest,would be a slight increase Garda presence in the touristy places.Too many skobies about in my opinion.

Eviledna

Deadly Delta wrote: »

What addition would you like to see in the city to promote tourism?
I'd like to see more walking tours with guides, there's a lot of Interesting history around the town, especially around the Spanish arch!

I'd like to see Liam Silke and his walking tours of Galway up there, he's such a character and a brilliant tour guide, lots of people know him as the Town Crier but his walking tour was so informative and different, I found out things I had never known about Lynch's castle & the Spanish arch and the legends behind them all, despite living here for years.

It's amazing the difference between the written history and the actual history!

coldwood92

Thats greats for the city

Buglim

DoMyBooks wrote: »

I was in Monte Carlo last week for a day and it wasn't that interesting. Few ropey looking middle-aged men in eastern European reg super cars cruising around with super model wannabees. Better atmosphere in a lot of other European cities.

Agree totally, was there a couple of years ago and the place was boring.