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THE BURREN in Co. Clare has been named one of the Best Places to Travel Next Year by Lonely planet.
The global travel company unveiled its Best in Travel 2021 list on Tuesday and, not for the first time, an Irish beauty spot received a mention.
Typically, the company focuses on places of unimaginable beauty. Hidden corners of the globe where every inch resembles some kind of paradise.
But this year they changed their focus to “highlight more local and diverse voices” and instead listed the world’s top spots “demonstrating a genuine commitment to sustainability, community and diversity.”
The Burren Ecotourism Network has been named in the top ten winners of its ‘Best Community Tourism Project’ category for its ecotourism efforts.
Bureen itself is an area of glacial limestone that appears almost desolate and lifeless to the naked eye, completely unlike the landscape in the rest of Ireland.
The name translates from Irish as “big rock”.
Limestone landscape of Burren in Clare in the west of Ireland.Lonely planet describes the project as “an impressive community collaboration of local businesses that has transformed the Irish Burren and Cliffs of Moher Geopark into a world leader in sustainable tourism.”
The project is designed to promote “slow tourism”, which in fact encourages local commitment and responsibility to establish a sustainable future for natural areas.
All operators in the area subscribe to the Burren & Cliffs of Moher Geopark ‘Code of Substantial Practice’, an online platform that measures waste production, water consumption and energy use and encourages companies to undertake reductions in these areas.
It is the only code of practice of its kind in Ireland.
See the full list here.
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