Tourism

Tourism

Tourism is the temporary movement of people to destinations outside their normal place of work and residence, the activities undertaken during their stay, and the facilities created to cater their needs.

Transport

This summer I travelled to Bundoran Co. Donegal with a group of my friends. We decided to go there because a couple of them had been there before and said it was a great place to go. We rented a bus from a local bus company which cost us €80 between us. Because I live in Dublin I had to get a bus to Monaghan to met up with them to get the bus up to Bundoran. This cost me €15. Another option would have been to drive to Bundoran but it would have meant two people had to drive up and it would cost around €90 worth of petrol each to drive their and back. We could of also travelled to Dublin and got the train which would bring us to Bundoran via a stopover in Sligo. This might have been more comfortable way of travelling but would take longer and cost more.

Accommodation

We decided we would look to rent a house for the weekend as it seemed to be the cheapest way to go as we would be just using it to sleep as we would be out most of the day. We looked around and found a house which cost €210 between us which came to €35 each for the weekend. The house was fully furnished and had 3 rooms with enough bed to sleep seven people. It was just a 5 minute walk from the town and there were shops just around the corner. This was overall the cheapest option for what we needed as the cheapest hotel I could find on Expedia for a weekend in may cost €150 per person a night or €333 for the weekend.

Activities

We arrived around lunchtime on the Friday and met with the landlord who gave us our keys and showed us the house. Once we unpacked we decided to have a walk down to the town to see what there was. We decided to stop in a small café for lunch, I got homemade soup and a sandwich for €6 which I taught was great value. We then spent a few hours in the various...