Galway Bay fm newsroom – Around 16,000 delegates are expected to attend a series of international conferences in the city this summer – providing a 24 million euro boost for Galway’s economy.
NUI Galway is hosting a series of major events, which will attract experts from all over the world.
According to Fáilte Ireland, Business Tourism is one of the highest yield sectors in tourism, worth 580 million euro a year to the Irish economy.
NUI Galway says its academic and research colleagues have been key to its success in winning a significant number of international conferences.