Alan Dillon (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. I represent a rural constituency and rural tourism is an important issue for the sustainability of businesses and local employment. We need to enhance our promotion of the rural experience, while also supporting local businesses.

One issue relates to the CIÉ bus tours of Ireland website. Only two out of 17 scheduled tours of Ireland this summer will include my own home county, which is disappointing and concerning. We need to present better options for the likes of Westport. To also mention the Wild Atlantic Way, places such as Achill Island are very important.

On Tourism Ireland's announcement on its annual twinning initiative, which involves overseas marketing through the twinning of specific regions with specific areas within Ireland, is this something that can be reviewed with regard to what Achill Island has to offer on the back of its success in reaching the global stage through "The Banshees of Inisherin"? Perhaps that is something the Minister's Department could consider.

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