TICs and tourist boards

There are a number of organisations providing tourist information on Dublin. Tourism Ireland works in partnership with Failte Ireland (the Republic of Ireland tourist board) and Tourism Northern Ireland. The organisations work in partnership to support the Tourism Ireland website.

VisitDublin.com is the official tourism information website providing a wide range of information to help tourists make the most of their visit to the city. The main visitor centre in Suffolk Street provides a range of information in four languages and sells the Dublin Pass.

However, the Dublin Visitors Centre is not an ‘official’ visitor centre but is a private operation which sells discounted tickets to attractions, as shown below.

The major attractions and other tourism organisations have to work in partnership with all of the public and private sector organisations which sell tickets for the attractions in Dublin. A good example of this is the sightseeing ‘hop on, hop off’ bus tour of the city (shown above). A 15% discount is available for tickets bought at the Dublin Visitor Centre.

These relationships are good news for tourists, especially those who can organise their visit in advance, rather than just turn up at the entrance of attractions. The sightseeing bus and the Dublin Pass provides an excellent way for tourists to get good value out of their visit to the city.