Galway Advertiser 1972/1972_04_06/GA_06041972_E1_001.pdf 

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ered free to every home in Galway Distributed in the County Thursday Apr. 6th 1972 Vol. 3--No.

From Gerry Forde The Tyre Price Slasher
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& TRACTOR PRICES
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N o b o d y C a n S e a t M y Prices. O p e n M o n . J u e s . , V^d-.Thurs., 9 - 5 . 3 0 P . M . , Fri. 9 - 9 p . n i . , S a t . 9 . 3 0 - 5 . 3 0 P.M. NO TURNOVER TAX.

ourist B o o m !
Good Season Predicted
Failte were confident that this would happen. "In tensive advertising and genuine value were the key factors," said Mr. Lally, "and I'm quitely confident of an excellent season ahead." On Tuesday morning a random survey was car ried out on eleven hotels, of mixed grades, guest houses and supplementary residences. AH the hotels reported that they were full and the Warwick Hotel, which has been in business since the thirties said it was the busiest

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B O H E R M O R E GALWAY T e l e p h o n e ( 0 9 1 )

: the gloomy and g forecasts that ed tourism in this year, the eekend shattered for all the theory ism was doomed season if not for Iway was packed holiday weekend [oe Lally, Regionrism Manager, odestly last Tuesning and said: " I irprised." most hoteliers opkeepers were ick by the sudden f visitors Bord

Easter ever! Guesthouses and supplementaries re ported the same happy condition, some saying that they were caught comple tely by surprise and were in fact amazed at the pressure for beds. En quiries at the Tourist Office were certainly as high as previous seasons but the difficulty in find ing accommodation was more acute. Perhaps the most inter esting comments from hoteliers pointed out that the average number of English and Northern

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Also: Dundrum, Walkinstown, Swords, Monkstown, Rathmines, Raheny, Gorey, that Belfast and Derry are many miles from Galway; what he wants is value and service and now this year he is really getting it. In this respect great credit is due to Bord Failte Clearly there has been a tendency in the past which seemed to say that the more guests staying in your hotel then the higher the prices. Holidays for the Irish in Ireland were just not considered and in fact approximately 400,000 Irish people spent their holidays abroad last year. Bord Failte claim that if they could attract one sixth of that number to take their holidays at home they would recoup all predicted losses. Earlier this week the third edition of Discover Ireland was launched offer ing good value holidays at home and today, Thursday and Mayo, which includes 375 hotels, guesthouses, etc., offering extensively reduced holidays in our cont. on page X
Bargain Holidays in Galuay

Irish visitors came as usual. "There was no re duction in numbers from the North or Britain" said one hotelier, "indeed our figures are up quite considerably." One lead ing Salthill hotelier said that the English tourist is no fool. He has been com ing to Ireland now for many years and he knows

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Your resident Murray Kitchens adviser will b e Miss Pat Mear.

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