Ireland just pulled off something extraordinary, yet again.
In December 2025, Ireland was named Best Destination in Europe in the United States for the 12th year in a row at the Travel Weekly Readers’ Choice Awards in New York! The award was presented to Tourism Ireland at the 23rd annual ceremony, with Ireland taking the number one spot ahead of iconic destinations like France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Croatia. That is absolutely remarkable! Not Paris, the city of lights, or the eternal city, Rome, but wee little Ireland!
For American travelers and anyone comparing Ireland vacation packages right now, that kind of consistency is not just noise. It is a signal that Ireland continues to deliver precisely what people hope for when they cross the Atlantic.
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