Families visiting Carlingford this time can expect an amazing time as Ireland s biggest wooden maze is set to open in time for the summer.
Construction on the wooden maze, modelled on a popular attraction in New Zealand, will begin once restrictions allow, said Tom McArdle junior of Carlingford Adventure Centre and Sky Park.
Costing over €100,000 and designed by an UK-based architect, Ireland s Ancient East Maze will be one of many family friendly attractions on offer as the business looks towards the domestic market. Traditionally we would have a lot of international bookings but that all came to a halt in 2020.
The phonecalls and emails are beginning to flow in to Carlingford s tourism providers as the Irish public prepare for another summer of holidaying at home.
While Finance Minister Pascal O Donoghue said last week that it was too early to say whether summer staycations would be possible, An Tanaiste Leo Varadkar had said previously that holidays at home would be possible this summer.
Although the roadmap for coming out of lockdown has yet to be finalised, the Irish public are busy getting out their own maps and making plans for some domestic travelling once the restrictions are lifted.
Carlingford is ideally placed to benefit from the pent up demand for a change of scenery, with an experienced cohort of tourism providers keen to make up for lost business.