A crew from the NBC TV network in the United States has been visiting Galway and Ireland – filming here for four separate TV shows which will be seen by millions of people, or potential American holidaymakers for Ireland, later this year and during 2023.
Tourism Ireland invited the NBC crew to come and film here for the Today show (news and talk morning show ), 1st Look (weekly travel and lifestyle show which reaches around 1.2 million viewers ),
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Open House (architecture, design and real estate show which reaches over 1.5 million viewers ) and NBCLX (a local news network ). Their busy schedule was designed by Fáilte Ireland.
The crew captured lots of superb footage around Galway city, at places like Eyre Square and the Spanish Arch, and they filmed aerial footage with Executive Helicopters, based near Loughrea. They also went to Portumna, where they filmed on board a cruiser on the Shannon. The crew stayed in the g Hotel while they were in Ireland.
Alison Metcalfe, Tourism Ireland’s Head of North America, said Tourism Ireland was delighted to invite a crew from the NBC network to come and film in Galway for four different TV shows.
"The shows will be seen by millions of people across the United States, shining a spotlight on some of the many things to see and do here and encouraging American holidaymakers to put this part of Ireland on their vacation ‘wish-list’ for 2023.
“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," she said.
