MINISTER CULLEN SAYS OCEAN RACE A HUGE OPPORTUNITY FOR GALWAY

Date Published: 21-May-2008

The Volvo Ocean Race is a huge opportunity for Galway according to Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism, Martin CullenMinister Cullen was speaking at today's launch of the Galway stopover of the race which will take place next MayThe race will start in Alicante in Spain in October and will span 37,000 nautical miles and take 9 months to completeIt's the world's premier yacht race for professional racing crews and the Galway stopover is expected to attract thousands of tourists and generate up to 43 million euro for the local economyMinister Cullen says it's fantastic for Galway to be involved in such a major eventWorking alongside Failte Ireland, the group behind the Galway Stopover of the race is 'Lets do it Galway'Co-ordinator Maria Moynihan Lee says there will be real excitement during the 2 week stopover