Munster Vales Plan for 2021

​Munster Vales will be running a Community Engagement Pilot Programme beginning in January 2021 and you are welcome to participate. The programme will be delivered online in a series of interactive community engagement workshops using Zoom. The workshops will run from January to November and will be facilitated by Cillian Murphy Consulting.
The workshops are designed to:

• raise awareness of tourism, both in general and within the Munster Vales regions,
• identify the vision for each community as to what tourism should deliver for them,
• identifying and discussing the suitability of potential local assets to support the delivery of that vision,
• to identify opportunities to either create tourism businesses themselves or to invite appropriate external partnerships to maximise the community benefit of those assets

• to guide the tourism industry locally as to what developments are considered to be appropriate and will have the support of the wider community

The outcomes for this work should include:

• engaging with wider non tourism communities in each region of the Munster Vales (MV) tourism destination,
• building relationships,
• opening clear communication channels,
• building trust,
• identifying potential opportunities, and risks, for both the tourism and non tourism communities,
• raising awareness of the potential of tourism,
• empowering community groups/clusters and creating an atmosphere where everyone is comfortable and confident in discussing how tourism can be best used to create a sustainable future for where they live

In short, this process will deliver a clear sense of local ownership with regards to tourism for the communities involved and a toolbox that will equip Munster Vales, and the industry, to make more community focussed decisions for the future.
Please register your interest via email triona.omahony@tipperarycoco.ie or phone 087-1189206 for more information.