{"id":1497,"date":"2013-06-20T14:43:21","date_gmt":"2013-06-20T13:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/?p=1497"},"modified":"2018-05-25T09:35:06","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T09:35:06","slug":"the-value-of-tourism-to-kilkenny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/?p=1497","title":{"rendered":"The Value of Tourism to Kilkenny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tourism is so important to Kilkenny, please help tourists to see that our beautiful city surroundings are matched by our amazing citizens.<br \/>\nWhy not sign up for a FREE 3 hour certificate course run by Failte Ireland to become a Kilkenny Welcome Ambassador. contact Maura Hickey on 7794057 or maura.hickey@kilkennycoco.ie for more details<br \/>\nBREAKING NEWS! \u20ac3 MILLION TO BE INVESTED INTO THE SMITHWICK\u2019S EXPERIENCE IN KILKENNY<br \/>\nGreat news for the Kilkenny tourist sector today. Smithwick&#8217;s has announced a \u20ac3 million investment in a new, state of the art visitor experience at the Smithwick\u2019s St. Francis Abbey Brewery.<br \/>\nOver the next nine months, the Victorian brewing building will be transformed into a state of the art interactive visitor centre that will allow you:<br \/>\n&#8211; Immerse in Ireland&#8217;s oldest beer brand using a sensory, tactile visitor experience.<br \/>\n&#8211; Teach you about the craft of brewing, the future and ultimately, taste the pint!<br \/>\n&#8211; Learn about the medieval origins of brewing on the site to the arrival of the amazing John Smithwick. Discover the Kilkenny-Smithwicks connections through the years with interactive installations bringing the story right up to date.<br \/>\nWELL WE CAN&#8217;T WAIT!<br \/>\nAnother reason to put Kilkenny on your go to list!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/smithwicks.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1498\" alt=\"smithwicks\" src=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/smithwicks.png\" width=\"305\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourism is so important to Kilkenny, please help tourists to see that our beautiful city surroundings are matched by our amazing citizens. Why not sign up for a FREE 3 hour certificate course run by Failte Ireland to become a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/?p=1497\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10,12,1],"tags":[85,90,490,584],"class_list":["post-1497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kilkenny-city","category-news","category-sustainability","category-uncategorized","tag-bord-failte","tag-brewery","tag-smithwicks","tag-welcome-ambassador"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1497"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3203,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1497\/revisions\/3203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.keepkilkennybeautiful.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}