Chinese tourists vote for Ireland on the double ahead of The Gathering festivities

Where ever you from, whether you be one of our american cousins or a person from China your more than welcome here in ireland, we like people coming from all over the world. @MarbethC.P, completey agree with you about Irish hospitality in resturants. As you said yourself, we dont have a "tipping tradition" here in ireland, our waitors just get what the customer asks, trust me, its got nothing to do with you being american, its just that thats the way resturants work here but its something we obviously have to work on because the attitude with waiters here is that you serve the customer their meal and thats it.

I've been going to Ireland for 40 years now, and never, ever tire of its many wonders! In beauty, Ireland is unparalleed around the world! My only [minor] complaint about Irish hospitality would be that your wait-staff and bar tenders could use a course from their Yankee cousins. Service is not good in any restaurants in Ireland - perhaps because there is no "tipping" tradition as we have in the STates. But servers must be trained to attend to the needs of their patrons. We Americans who usually eat out every meal while in Ireland find it impossible to find someone to refresh our tea, take our order, offer desserts, etc. It's as though wait-staff go into hiding when we arrive.

Ireland needs to create some language camps in scenic areas for Chinese people and others. Concentrated on English, of course, but also possibly offering French, Spanish, German and Arabic. In turn offering mandarin for Europeans and Americans. The English accent would need to be a neutral one, soft Irish and Atlantic/Canadian. Maybe use some of the abdandoned housing estates for housing.