{"id":13650,"date":"2017-03-17T20:18:38","date_gmt":"2017-03-17T19:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/?p=13650"},"modified":"2017-03-18T07:54:34","modified_gmt":"2017-03-18T06:54:34","slug":"st-patricks-celebrations-get-the-green-light-around-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatsonni.com\/news\/2017\/03\/st-patricks-celebrations-get-the-green-light-around-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"St Patrick\u2019s celebrations get the green light around the world!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Tourism Ireland\u2019s Global Greening goes from strength to strength with 267 major landmarks and sites in 44 countries taking part this year.<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Some 267 iconic landmarks and sites in 44 countries around the world will be illuminated in green over the coming days \u2013 as part of Tourism Ireland\u2019s 2017 Global Greening initiative to celebrate the island of Ireland and St Patrick.<\/p>\n<p>From Rome to Rio and from London to Las Vegas, a host of buildings and sites around the world are turning a shade of green to celebrate St Patrick\u2019s Day. New sites taking part in 2017 include four of Australia\u2019s famous \u2018Big Things\u2019 (The Big Banana, The Big Kangaroo, The Big Merino and The Big Tasmanian Devil), One World Trade Center (the main building of the re-built World Trade Center complex in New York and the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere), the beautiful Petit Palais on the Champs-\u00c9lys\u00e9es in Paris and the <em>Magic<\/em>\u00a0Fountain of Montju\u00efc in Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p>They are joined by some \u2018old favourites\u2019 which have gone green in previous years \u2013 including the Colosseum in Rome, the Sacr\u00e9 C\u0153ur basilica in Paris, the Great Wall of China, Niagara Falls and the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro.<\/p>\n<p>Tourism Ireland\u2019s annual Global Greening initiative has gone from strength to strength \u2013 from its beginning in 2010, with just the Sydney Opera House and the Sky Tower in Auckland going green, to this year, with 267 sites taking part.<\/p>\n<p>Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland, said: <strong><em>\u201cThis is the eighth year of <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Tourism Ireland\u2019s Global Greening initiative and it\u2019s bigger and better than ever this year, with some wonderful new additions like One World Trade Center in New York, A\u2019DAM Toren in Amsterdam, the Petit Palais in Paris and the Chain Bridge in Budapest.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u201cSt Patrick\u2019s Day traditionally marks the real start of the tourism season for us; our aim is to bring a smile to the faces of people around the world and to convey the message we offer the warmest of welcomes and great fun, as well as wonderful scenery and heritage. Our St Patrick\u2019s programme spans Great Britain, Mainland Europe, North America, Australia and New Zealand, as well as emerging tourism markets like China, Brazil and the Middle East. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tourism Ireland\u2019s Global Greening goes from strength to strength with 267 major landmarks and sites in 44 countries taking part this year. 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