{"id":10241,"date":"2018-02-13T14:58:44","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T19:58:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=10241"},"modified":"2018-02-13T15:51:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T20:51:11","slug":"wawa-to-join-tourism-irelands-global-greening-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/13\/wawa-to-join-tourism-irelands-global-greening-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Wawa to join Tourism Ireland\u2019s Global Greening 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Feb 13, 2018 @ 14:58<\/b><\/p>\n

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The Wawa Goose has been lit with purple lights for the past couple of weeks!<\/p><\/div>\n

Tourism Ireland today announced details of some of the famous attractions and sites around the world which will go green to mark St Patrick\u2019s Day this year, continuing the organization\u2019s first-half promotional drive to grow overseas tourism in 2018. The annual initiative, which sees a host of major landmarks around the world turn green for St Patrick\u2019s Day, has grown from strength to strength, with lots of exciting new landmarks signing up to take part this year.<\/p>\n

Other new sites and buildings for 2018 include: the Wawa Goose monument in Ontario and the Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat (also in Ontario), the National Football Museum in Manchester, the Palais de l\u2019Europe (the seat of the Council of Europe) in Strasbourg, Beaugrenelle shopping centre in Paris, the beautiful Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna, the K\u00f6nigsbau building in Stuttgart, Uilenburgersjoel Amsterdam, the Yokohama Marine Tower in Japan, Pen Monument in Hanoi, the Sammy Ofer Stadium in Haifa, as well as Vabaduse V\u00e4ljak (Freedom Square) in Tallinn.<\/p>\n

These new sites will join some \u2018old favourites\u2019 which have gone green in previous years \u2013 including the Colosseum in Rome, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Sacr\u00e9-C\u0153ur Basilica and the Sleeping Beauty castle at Disneyland\u00ae in Paris, the Sky Tower in Auckland, Niagara Falls and the London Eye. And, Chicago will be going all out to celebrate St Patrick and Ireland once again this year, with numerous buildings and sites across the city set to light up green \u2013 including Navy Pier, the John Hancock Center, the Wrigley Building, the Civic Opera House and Soldier Field (home to the famous Chicago Bears team).<\/p>\n

Tourism Ireland\u2019s unique global campaign \u2013 now in its ninth year \u2013 continues the organisation\u2019s first-half promotional drive to build on the success of 2017 and grow overseas tourism to the island of Ireland again in 2018.<\/p>\n

Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin TD, said: “I am delighted to launch Tourism Ireland\u2019s 2018 Global Greening initiative which has now grown to become a significant worldwide reminder of both St Patrick\u2019s Day itself and also of Ireland and its appeal as a visitor destination. The record growth in the number of tourists visiting Ireland in recent years bears testament to Tourism Ireland\u2019s successful strategy of market diversification, implemented since 2014, and the Global Greening initiative is a very important element of this strategy. The St Patrick\u2019s Day period provides a unique opportunity to promote Ireland on the international stage and to renew the strong bonds between Ireland, the global Irish abroad and our partners around the world. The Government\u2019s \u201cPromote Ireland\u201d programme of international events over the St Patrick\u2019s Day period will see the Taoiseach, T\u00e1naiste, Ministers and the Chief Whip take part in programmes to promote Ireland and Irish interests in almost 40 countries across the globe. The Ceann Comhairle and Cathaoirleach of the Seanad will also participate. I commend all the staff in our Embassies and Missions overseas, in the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and in Tourism Ireland for the outstanding work they have done in organising this campaign across the globe, which will no doubt further enhance Ireland\u2019s profile abroad as a holiday destination of choice.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland, said: \u201cThis is the ninth year of Tourism Ireland\u2019s Global Greening initiative and each year I am delighted to see even more well-known attractions and landmark sites wishing to get involved and join our St Patrick\u2019s celebrations. The success of our Global Greening initiative is due in no small part to the great work that has been carried out across the world by Irish people and the Diaspora. I would particularly like to thank the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for the great support we receive from the Irish embassy network. The eagerness of cities and countries everywhere to take part underlines the strength of the deep connection that people all over the world feel to Ireland. More than 70 million people around the world claim links to the island of Ireland and St Patrick\u2019s Day is a truly unique opportunity to reconnect them with their heritage.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cPeople across the world instantly identify St Patrick\u2019s Day with the island of Ireland and that heightened profile allows us to put the Ireland holiday experience in the spotlight \u2013 from Sydney to Seattle and from Rome to Rio de Janeiro. Our St Patrick\u2019s programme this year will span Great Britain, Mainland Europe, North America, Australia, as well as emerging tourism markets such as China and India. There will be saturation coverage of the island of Ireland across the airwaves, in newspapers and digital media \u2013 and that\u2019s an invaluable boost at this time of year for our overall tourism marketing drive for 2018.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

International journalists \u2013 representing top media outlets from around the globe \u2013 will visit Ireland, taking in the Dublin St Patrick\u2019s Day parade during their time here. And Tourism Ireland will also exploit the profile of St Patrick\u2019s Day with international media \u2013 sending images, video footage and news about Ireland to news desks around the world, as well as to its database of more than 20,000 influential travel and lifestyle media contacts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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