Targeting the Leitrim diaspora in Milwaukee

The 42nd annual Milwaukee Irish Fest – the largest celebration of Irish culture and heritage in the United States – has been taking place on the shores of Lake Michigan in Wisconsin. Tourism Ireland and a delegation of tourism enterprises from Ireland – including Leitrim Tourism – attended the four-day festival. The festival has a huge audience of more than 130,000 visitors and was an ideal opportunity to showcase Leitrim and Ireland as a superb holiday destination to our important Diaspora audience and people with an interest in Ireland living in the United States.

Alison Metcalfe, Tourism Ireland’s Head of North America, said: “The Milwaukee Irish Fest provides a really good platform to showcase Ireland, including our rich heritage and culture, to prospective American visitors. It’s a wonderful opportunity to invite some of the many people of Irish descent living and working in the US, as well as those with Irish connections or an affinity for Ireland, to come and visit.

“The United States remains an extremely important market for tourism to the island of Ireland. In 2019, we welcomed 1.7 million American visitors, whose visits delivered €1.6 billion for the economy.”