More Irish people have been to Spain than Clare!

That’s the remarkable finding from new research by Airbnb.

It reveals that, while 74% of Irish people holiday abroad at least once a year, almost half - 48% - of people in Ireland want to see and explore more of their own country and almost 1 in 10 would like to visit Clare for the first time.

To help Clare welcome more visitors to the region and spread the benefits of tourism through rural communities, Airbnb has announced the Rural Tourism Fund - committing €100,000 in grants to support innovative tourism projects in rural Irish communities.

Projects supporting local tourism in County Clare could receive up to €10,000 in grant funding through the Fund.

To discuss this further, Alan Morrissey was joined by Miltown Malbay AirBnB host, Lorna Cahill.

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