Double Tourism Success in West Belfast

Coiste Irish Political Tours and Taxitrax Black Taxi Mural Tours are celebrating after winning multiple Trip Advisor Travelers Choice Awards.

Release time : 2020-09-22 10:15:36

source : Visit Belfast

Coiste Irish Political Tours and Taxitrax Black Taxi Mural Tours are celebrating after winning multiple Trip Advisor Travelers' Choice Awards.

Coiste Irish Political Tours has won the 2020 Trip Advisor Travelers' Choice Best of the Best Award, placing them in the top 10% of attractions worldwide, while Taxitrax Black Taxi Mural Tours has been awarded second in the world for Cultural Experiences, fifth in the world for Travel Experiences, and first in Ireland for Travel Experiences as part of the Wild Rover Tours North of Ireland Highlights Day Tour, of which it's Black Taxi Mural Tour is an integral part.

These prestigious awards from the world's largest travel platform show how local tourism can have a global impact.

Visit Belfast Chief Executive Gerry Lennon has congratulated both tour organisations on their awards.

"I want to give my congratulations to Coiste Irish Political Tours and Taxitrax Black Taxi Mural Tours on winning these Trip Advisor awards."

"To be included in the top attractions worldwide is a major achievement."

"As long-standing partners of Visit Belfast they make an important contribution to the success of city tourism and provide visitors with a unique community insight into the story of Belfast."

"We look forward to working with Failte Feirste Thiar, Coiste, Taxitrax, and all our partners as we move forward together to safely reimagine and rebuild the city's visitor economy."

West Belfast MP and Chairperson of West Belfast tourism organisation Fáilte Feirste Thiar, Paul Maskey, commented:

"For many years now, Taxitrax and Coiste have worked extremely hard to build up their tours."

"Their tours now attract almost 100,000 people in total to west Belfast on an annual basis."

"To win these Trip Advisor awards is simply outstanding and absolutely deserved, and I have no doubt that both tours will continue to become even more popular in the time