Ireland named "Best Tourism Destination" in comprehensive survey!

For the second year running Ireland has been named as the ‘Best Tourism Destination’ by Global Traveller Magazine who polled over 20,000 frequent travellers in the USA. The magazine asked it's business and luxury travel readers to select their favourite destination, airline and other travel-related questions in a massive survey and for the second year running Ireland came out as the most popular destination. The award ceremony will be held tonight, December 10th in Los Angeles.Tourism Ireland's CEO, Niall Gibbons said of the award "We are delighted that Ireland has been singled out once again for this accolade by the readers of Global Traveler magazine” and that “Travellers nowadays have tremendous choice, which makes it more important than ever for us to ensure the island of Ireland stands out from other destinations – so this award is really good news, particularly as we prepare to kick off our extensive 2014 promotional drive in the all important US market."Read the full award article on Global Traveller USA.