VOLVO OCEAN RACE
Great weather and a major financial benefit to Galway

TThe Galway stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race in 2009 had a major economic impact on the city to the tune of just under €56m.

Galway hosted the race competitors for two weeks in late May and early June. Over that period some 650,000 visits were made to the race village and Salthill.

The stopover was watched by a TV audience globally of 1.3 billion and had a radio listenership of 234 million.

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