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Why is Waterford left out on a lot of tourist Itinaries
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alta stare wrote: »Why Would i? I wasnt the person who suggested such a ridiculous thing about certain areas in the first place. We were having a debate about the original post made by the poster in question. Isnt this what this site is all about? Yes i agree it has taken from the actual topic on this thread but all i was doing was partaking in a debate just as i seem to be doing now with you
Alright but nobody is interested in whether larchville, ballybeg or wherever is or isn't a "rough" area. I'm certainly not anyway.0 -
ImAHappyCamper wrote: »Alright but nobody is interested in whether larchville, ballybeg or wherever is or isn't a "rough" area. I'm certainly not anyway.
Fair enough.
Ignore our posts so or just put me on ignore either way i don't mind ill still have a debate if it interests me enough
To be fair there has been worse sh!te posted on this forum so this just adds to it. 0 -
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alta stare wrote: »Something in your question tells me he/she has asked such a question here before?
Don't think I asked about such a vexing issue on here before but put up the link to the post where I may have made such a divisive comment 😂 Methinks Deiseen has his/her posters mixed up however.0 -
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no way am i readin 15 pages of people arguin wether johns park is better than ballybeg but here's my 2c on the matter. disclaimer: i emigrated 8 years ago. put yourself in a tourists shoes. for a lot of tourists it might be their only time visiting ireland. imagine you were going to japan, but you only had 2 weeks. where would you go? and then imagine you met a japanese person when you came back and they were from yamaguchi. of course, theyd be wondering why you didnt go out of your way to get a look at the place they grew up in, lovely forests and beaches, a half hour drive to the mountains, a hopping nightlife. sure it has it all!
reason 1: waterford does not have as much as you think. i saw a thread on reddit about 2 years ago by a tourist titled "whats with waterford?" they were wondering why everything was so quiet in the city center in the evenings. nobody visiting ireland from anywhere gives 2 ****es about the greenway or the viking triangle. as for the crystal, id say around 1/4 people, maybe less, react with "oh the crystal place?" when i tell them where im from. to the rest, i might as well be from yamaguchi.
reason 2: waterford is "out of the way" of the tourist route. from talking to people who have been to ireland or are planning on going, for most people dublin is the priority. then after that, the west coast. after that, kerry/cork. then after that, belfast/the north. most seem to want 3-4 days in each place. tell me with a straight face there's enough to entertain an international tourist in waterford for 4 days. some people will stop in kilkenny on their way from cork back to dublin or vice versa. that's the main route, and waterford is 2 trips on the same road to/from kilkenny to most.
reason 3: waterford, wether you like it or not, has developed a name for itself over the past 10 or so years. it's not the first place the tourist info centers in dublin will be recommending to the yank who has a few days to spare.
probably hard pills to swallow but it's the truth. all the negative stuff being said, ive recommended waterford to some people who were visiting ireland and wanted a different experience. hipster tourists if you will. some of the best dance acts in europe have played in waterford the past few years. the lineup at last years techno fest in tramore you honestly wouldnt see it in berlin. i considered flying home for it. if there's hope for waterford tourism in the future, i believe it will be this kind of stuff; "alternative tourism". legalize cannabis locally and see what happens :pac::pac::pac:
please restrain yourself from breaking my post apart and telling me how wrong i am, i have no intention of defending my opinions. this site has "gone to the dogs" years ago and this thread is a perfect example of the kinds of people who are left here. trolls trolling trolls. want to win the argument lads? get off the computer
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reason 2: waterford is "out of the way" of the tourist route.
Tourist routes are planned by operators.
Waterford needs to 'sell itself' to those who plan such routes, so that it might get included more often.
Kerry is a lot more 'out of the way' than Waterford, but has sold itself well.
What has Kerry got to offer that Waterford lacks?
Coastline?
Mountain scenery?
Nightlife? (late nights are not a big draw for package tourists)
General Light Entertainment ..... not sure about that ....
Cute Kerrymen & women ........ definitely 0 -
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potatohouse wrote: »reason 2: waterford is "out of the way" of the tourist route. from talking to people who have been to ireland or are planning on going, for most people dublin is the priority. then after that, the west coast. after that, kerry/cork. then after that, belfast/the north. most seem to want 3-4 days in each place. tell me with a straight face there's enough to entertain an international tourist in waterford for 4 days. some people will stop in kilkenny on their way from cork back to dublin or vice versa. that's the main route, and waterford is 2 trips on the same road to/from kilkenny to most.
I was going to post something very similar.
Its a lot to do about geography, and less to do with "the media" and/or "sh1te tds".
Kilkenny + Cork + Limerick are all on main routes, Waterford is off the beaten trail. Id imagine that has a huge impact.
"Bright lights and Thunder .................... " #NoPopcorn
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potatohouse wrote: »no way am i readin 15 pages of people arguin wether johns park is better than ballybeg but here's my 2c on the matter. disclaimer: i emigrated 8 years ago. put yourself in a tourists shoes. for a lot of tourists it might be their only time visiting ireland. imagine you were going to japan, but you only had 2 weeks. where would you go? and then imagine you met a japanese person when you came back and they were from yamaguchi. of course, theyd be wondering why you didnt go out of your way to get a look at the place they grew up in, lovely forests and beaches, a half hour drive to the mountains, a hopping nightlife. sure it has it all!
reason 1: waterford does not have as much as you think. i saw a thread on reddit about 2 years ago by a tourist titled "whats with waterford?" they were wondering why everything was so quiet in the city center in the evenings. nobody visiting ireland from anywhere gives 2 ****es about the greenway or the viking triangle. as for the crystal, id say around 1/4 people, maybe less, react with "oh the crystal place?" when i tell them where im from. to the rest, i might as well be from yamaguchi.
reason 2: waterford is "out of the way" of the tourist route. from talking to people who have been to ireland or are planning on going, for most people dublin is the priority. then after that, the west coast. after that, kerry/cork. then after that, belfast/the north. most seem to want 3-4 days in each place. tell me with a straight face there's enough to entertain an international tourist in waterford for 4 days. some people will stop in kilkenny on their way from cork back to dublin or vice versa. that's the main route, and waterford is 2 trips on the same road to/from kilkenny to most.
reason 3: waterford, wether you like it or not, has developed a name for itself over the past 10 or so years. it's not the first place the tourist info centers in dublin will be recommending to the yank who has a few days to spare.
probably hard pills to swallow but it's the truth. all the negative stuff being said, ive recommended waterford to some people who were visiting ireland and wanted a different experience. hipster tourists if you will. some of the best dance acts in europe have played in waterford the past few years. the lineup at last years techno fest in tramore you honestly wouldnt see it in berlin. i considered flying home for it. if there's hope for waterford tourism in the future, i believe it will be this kind of stuff; "alternative tourism". legalize cannabis locally and see what happens :pac::pac::pac:
please restrain yourself from breaking my post apart and telling me how wrong i am, i have no intention of defending my opinions. this site has "gone to the dogs" years ago and this thread is a perfect example of the kinds of people who are left here. trolls trolling trolls. want to win the argument lads? get off the computer
So you expect us to read your post but we arent allowed to break it apart???? Fair play.0 -
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It was such a nice day today i went up to Coumshingaun this morning stopped in the Coach House for sandwich on the way back,then brought the dog for a walk on the Greenway in the afternoon and out to Tramore then for a small walk on the beach.
Not many places i know of in Ireland where you can do all that within a 30 minutes drive from the city,Waterford has its faults like most places and a lot can be done to improve tourism but for locals like myself and many others there's nowhere else id like to live,best of luck to anyone who left but there's no place like home,hon Waterford 0 -
mooseknunkle wrote: »It was such a nice day today i went up to Coumshingaun this morning stopped in the Coach House for sandwich on the way back,then brought the dog for a walk on the Greenway in the afternoon and out to Tramore then for a small walk on the beach.
Not many places i know of in Ireland where you can do all that within a 30 minutes drive from the city,Waterford has its faults like most places and a lot can be done to improve tourism but for locals like myself and many others there's nowhere else id like to live,best of luck to anyone who left but there's no place like home,hon Waterford
You are making me jealous Mooseknunkle.
Dublin has its charm (and I can put up a good defence of the capital too) but I do pine for Waterford. However, I'm living where the jobs are (in my field and my partner's too). Jobs and the Waterford economy: a discussion for another thread!0 -
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