Blog https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/ Blog Sat, 07 Dec 2024 19:40:17 +0000 Newfoundland Delegation visit Valentia as part of the UNESCO Heritage project https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/newfoundland-delegation-visit-valentia/ https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/newfoundland-delegation-visit-valentia/#comments https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/newfoundland-delegation-visit-valentia/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 14:00:00 +0100

In partnership with Kerry County Council, the Valentia Island Development Company and the Valentia Transatlantic Cable Foundation, were delighted this week to welcome a delegation from Newfoundland who visited Valentia as part of the UNESCO Heritage project.

Back in the late 1800's the then remote

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Tralee Chamber Alliance Win National Biodiversity and Sustainability Award https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/tralee-chamber-win-national-sustainability-award/ https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/tralee-chamber-win-national-sustainability-award/#comments https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/tralee-chamber-win-national-sustainability-award/ Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:00:00 +0100

Celebrating Our Collective Success at Tralee Chamber Alliance

Tralee Chamber Alliance is thrilled to announce that it has been awarded the prestigious Chambers Ireland Award in the Biodiversity and Sustainability Category. This esteemed recognition was presented by Chambers Ireland on June 6, 2024,

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Dingle Food Festival's Waste Free Ambition https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/dingle-food-festival-waste-free/ https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/dingle-food-festival-waste-free/#comments https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/dingle-food-festival-waste-free/ Thu, 23 Nov 2023 13:00:00 +0000

The Dingle Food Festival is leading out on sustainable approaches to festivals and events in Kerry, showcasing that simple choices can reduce waste to almost nothing. With great progress made through its elimination of single use tableware at the 2023 festival, organisers are moving closer in their

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Kerry 19th in World on Global Destination Sustainability Index https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/global-destination-sustainability-index/ https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/global-destination-sustainability-index/#comments https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/global-destination-sustainability-index/ Thu, 05 Oct 2023 12:00:00 +0100

Congratulations to Co. Kerry - which as a region continues to make an impact on the global sustainability stage - and out of 100 destinations benchmarked, including 42 new participants in the 2023 Global Destination Sustainability Index, Kerry ranks 19th overall, remaining in the top 20 benchmarked

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Killarney Coffee Cup Project https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/killarney-coffee-cup-project/ https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/killarney-coffee-cup-project/#comments https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/killarney-coffee-cup-project/ Sat, 08 Jul 2023 22:00:00 +0100

Coffee shops and hotels of Killarney have joined forces to try and eradicate single use coffee cups. Since taking this step towards becoming Ireland’s first town to become single use coffee cup free, the local businesses have seen a very positive reaction from both locals as well as domestic and

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MA Regenerative Tourism (Online) at MTU https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/regenerative-tourism-ma-mtu/ https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/regenerative-tourism-ma-mtu/#comments https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/regenerative-tourism-ma-mtu/ Sat, 08 Jul 2023 19:00:00 +0100

Regenerative tourism in its most simple definition, seeks to ensure travel and tourism reinvest in people, places and nature and that it supports the long-term renewal and flourishing of our social-ecological systems (Dredge, 2022). Regenerative tourism offers a ground-breaking set of solutions to

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See Kerry in Sir David Attenborough's 'Wild Isles' https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/kerry-features-in-sir-david-attenboroughs-wild-isles-on-bbc1/ https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/kerry-features-in-sir-david-attenboroughs-wild-isles-on-bbc1/#comments https://www.discoverkerry.com/blog/post/kerry-features-in-sir-david-attenboroughs-wild-isles-on-bbc1/ Thu, 22 Jun 2023 17:00:00 +0100

BBC One’s landmark nature series Wild Isles has featured an epic battle of stags during the Autumn rutting season within Kerry's Killarney National Park, part of the Kerry UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.

Legendary broadcaster Sir David Attenborough began the series with an episode aptly titled ‘Our

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