{"id":388,"date":"2010-08-30T21:49:24","date_gmt":"2010-08-31T03:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/engagingireland.com\/?p=388"},"modified":"2010-08-30T21:49:24","modified_gmt":"2010-08-31T03:49:24","slug":"ep-21-tourism-ireland-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engagingireland.com\/index.php\/2010\/08\/30\/ep-21-tourism-ireland-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep. 21 &#8211; Tourism Ireland Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/engagingireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Tourism_Ireland.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-389\" title=\"Tourism Ireland Logo\" src=\"http:\/\/engagingireland.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Tourism_Ireland.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"70\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this episode, we sit down to talk with Marie McKown of Tourism Ireland to discuss current issues affecting Ireland tourism, such as how the recession has affected travel to and within Ireland and how the tourism industry in the country has reacted.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Links to some of the sites mentioned in the podcast:<\/p>\n<p>Tourism Ireland <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverireland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.discoverireland.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Characters of Ireland videos page on Discover Ireland  (page was down when we posted the podcast)<\/p>\n<p>Blog for Discover Ireland <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.discoverireland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/blog.discoverireland.com\/ <\/a><\/p>\n<p>About Walking in Ireland <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverireland.ie\/Walking.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.discoverireland.ie\/Walking.aspx <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tourism site for Northern Ireland <a href=\"http:\/\/www.discovernorthernireland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.discovernorthernireland.com\/ <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Irish Hotel Federation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irelandhotels.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.irelandhotels.com\/ <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Irish Rail (the Republic) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishrail.ie\/home\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.irishrail.ie\/home\/<\/a><br \/>\nTranslink (Northern Ireland rail service)  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.translink.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.translink.co.uk\/ <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bus Eireann (the Republic)  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buseireann.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.buseireann.ie\/ <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Londonderry (a.k.a. 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