Young farmer exchange programme China/EU
Irish young famers will soon have the chance to visit China on study trips, while young Chinese farmers and agriculture professionals can visit Ireland and other EU countries. The project will be jointly funded by the EU and the Chinese authorities. The project was jointly announced today by Commissioner Phil Hogan and Han Changfu, Minister […]
Chinese, Indian And Australian Travel Agents Eye Offaly
Eleven top-performing travel agents from six different markets – including China, India, Australia, New Zealand, the GCC and South Africa – have been enjoying an action-packed visit around the island of Ireland. Their visit is the ‘grand finale’ of Tourism Ireland’s ‘Ireland Specialists’ online training programme – which is designed for travel agents and tour […]
EU SME Centre: Free Business Tools to Assist Irish SMEs to enter the China Market
The EU SME Centre in Beijing, China is a project funded by the European Union to assist European Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to export to China by providing a comprehensive range of free, hands-on support services including the provision of information, confidential advice, networking events and training. The Centre works very closely with […]
Trade Mission Targets New Tourism Business from China
Tourism organisations from across the island of Ireland took part in a tourism trade mission to China last week. The four-day trade mission, organised by Tourism Ireland’s China office, took in the cities of Shanghai and Beijing and involved a series of B2B workshops, networking events and media interviews for the participating Irish companies. Over […]
Targeting Chinese Tourists For Offaly
A group of influential tour operators from China visited Birr last week as part of a fact-finding trip to Ireland. Carefully selected and invited here by Tourism Ireland, the visiting operators were here to experience at first-hand what this part of Ireland has to offer for Chinese holidaymakers. The aim of the trip was to […]
Almost 7 Million Chinese to Read About Birr
A group of influential journalists from across China enjoyed a visit to Birr last week. Representing six leading Chinese newspapers and magazines, with a combined circulation of almost seven million readers, the journalists were invited here by Tourism Ireland in Beijing to research some of our top attractions for feature stories they are writing about […]
