Tourism Industry and Product Development Division

The work of the Tourism Development is split into three main areas:

• Tourism Enterprise Development
• Tourism Product Development
• Greenways

Key responsibilities include:

• matters relating to the corporate governance of Fáilte Ireland
• policy issues relating to tourism development and structure
• policy responsibility for the enhancement of quality and standards (including the framework for the registration and approval of visitor accommodation under the Tourist Traffic Acts)
• policy responsibility for enterprise development, human resource and training issues in the industry

Key responsibilities include:

• policy responsibility for capital investment in Fáilte Ireland’s tourism experience brands and individual tourism attractions as laid out in Fáilte Ireland investment strategy 2016-2022;

• policy responsibility for State support of national and regional festivals and participative events; business tourism; and international sports and cultural events;

• matters relating to the development of niche tourism sectors including food and drink, angling, golf, cruise, adventure, activities and heritage tourism; and

• support and preparation for the hosting of EURO 2020 football tournament in Dublin in June 2020.

Key responsibilities include:

• oversee the development of Greenways projects funded by the Department;

• implement the Greenways strategy; and

• monitor capital spending on Greenways.

Contacts

(Tourism Enterprise Development) on +353 (0)64 66 27208

(Tourism Product Development) on +353 (0)1 604 1240

(Greenways) on +353 (0)1604 1063

or email TourismDevelopment@dttas.ie Greenways@dttas.gov.ie