The past 12 months have been our busiest to date in terms of digital output. It’s truly a testament to all the people involved who work extremely hard in helping to promote our town. Their contribution has been invaluable.
Our 2016 Review…..
- Since launching our new look bray.ie website back in Feb ’15 we have had over 300k visits & close to 1 million page views
- 2016 we have reached out to over 1.5 million users across our social networks
- With 74,000 page views the top search on bray.ie was for ‘Things to do in #Bray‘ https://bray.ie/visit-bray/top-ten-things-to-do-in-bray/
- With over 300,000 trips the top #Bray attraction in 2016 was the Cliff Walk https://bray.ie/cliff-walk/
Top 5 most read posts in 2016 via Bray.ie are:
- St. Patricks Festival Bray
- #BreRemembers1916 Commemorative Events
- The Bray To Greystones Cliff Walk featured on @RTEOne
- #SummerInBray events including SummerSounds, @wingsfoodfest & Fun Fair
- & the most read post in 2016 via Bray.ie was about #BrayAIrDisplay
The Bray Air Display Highlights
Breath of fresh air: Thousands of people descend on Wicklow for the second day of the #BrayAirDisplayhttps://t.co/34qdEBKo4n
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) July 24, 2016
- #BrayAirDisplay is worth a staggering €3.5m to the district’s local economy
- The #BrayAirDisplay 2016 attracted over 140,000 visitors back in July
- The #BrayAirDisplay trended on @twitter on 3 occasions in July with 11 million impressions on the hashtag alone
- The Bray Air Display has been nominated for the ‘Best Festival / Event Experience (Large) in the Irish Tourism Industry Awards 2017
Some other 2016 highlights…….
- When our ‘Tell us why you love #Bray‘ post reached over 90k users on Twitter alone
- We loved the way the community cheered on @KatieTaylor @Rio2016_enlast summer
- The #BrayTidyTowns Team worked their magic throughout the year. Take a bow guys!
- Bray’s @FinnBalor becomes the first ever WWE Universal Champion
- Our ‘@DustinOfficial moves to #Bray ????????????’ Facebook post reached over 22k users
- Thousands of you reacted to the Florentine Shopping Centre development update
- #Bray, looks incredible by day.. & even better at night via @LovinDublin & we couldn’t agree more… #Bray2016Review
- The @rafredarrows announcement got you all talking about the @BrayAirShow #BrayAirDisplay back in May 2016
- Bray.ie has been nominated for the ‘Best Connected Community’ category in the 2017 Community & Council Awards presented by IPB Insurance and LAMA
- @CadburyIreland‘s #Cadvent Convoy visits Bray’s Civic Plaza on Dec 22nd
What’s your favourite #Bray moments of #2016
Share your favourite #Bray moments of #2016 on Facebook or Twitter using the hashtag #Bray2016Review
Thanks…..
A big thanks to the many volunteers, businesses & community groups who helped make our tourism initiatives a great success
Thank you for helping share our content in 2016. We hope you continue to engage with us @bray_ie throughout 2017 & beyond