Discoverireland pavilion
The Volvo Ocean Race is coming to Galway, from Saturday May 23rd to June 6th 2009inclusive. Failte Ireland will have a large discoverireland.ie pavilion located directly in front of the main entrance of the Volvo Ocean Race Village on Queens St, Galway (next to the docks).
250 000 Irish and international holidaymakers are expected to visit the Race Village over its 15 days of operation. It will operate from 9.30 to 22.30 every day from 23rd May to 6th June.
There will be three areas within the pavilion: West Coast, East Coast and Lakelands, each of about 6m x 3m in size. There will be one Failte Ireland person manning each area at all times with members of the trade from the regions.
The schedule of activities for the 15 days and full information is available on the website of the event organiser, http://www.galwayvolvooceanrace.com/
Also on each stand at all times will be at least one animation (i.e. an interactive experience that will engage visitors, such as a surfer teaching people how to jump up on a surf board/ a bodhran player teaching them how to play the bodhran/ a living history character such as an Early Christian Monk explaining the heritage of a region/ a Good Food Ireland producer offering tastings.
For everyone in the pavilion, the concept is to give the visitor an interactive experience that they will engage with and remember, rather than just a brochure. The props will represent the tourism product available in their region e.g. there are already golf clubs, a mountain bike, a piece of bog oak and a surf board being brought along.
go!trekking! Equestrian Holidays Ireland will bring along a saddle and bridle for display, cleaning,. oiling and of course promotional value. Hopefully some of the sailors and their families will be interested in the Irish Sport Horse and go!trekking! Equestrain holidays in the West of Ireland.
Come and go visit us this week.
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