Call For Investment To Increase Tourist Footfall In East Clare

It’s claimed that tourism providers in East Clare are crying out for increased support and investment to drive visitors there.

As the summer draws to a close, tourism providers there have been expressing their concern that visitors are unaware what the east of the county has to offer.

Holy Island on Lough Derg has been hailed as the jewel in the crown of the lake but has yet to reach the predicted tourist footfall, three years after coming into public ownership.

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Whitegate Fine Gael Councillor Pat Burke says those working in the tourist sector in the area are working tirelessly but there is a limit: