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Interested in going to the Galway Races?

According to travel site trivago.ie, you're not alone.

Interest in traveling to Galway has increased by 56% ahead of next week's popular annual festival.

Hotel searches made by people hoping to find a hotel during the festival week - which runs from 27 July to 2 August - were compared to the same search topics from the week before.

The overall statistics are based off searches which were made from 21 January to 21 July.

It isn't only Irish holidaymakers who are looking ahead to the Galway Races.

The travel site also found that travel interest in Galway from people in the UK increases by 43% during race week.

A spokesperson for trviago said: “Though it is hardly unusual to see interest in regions surge ahead of big sporting events, these figures underline just how popular the annual Galway Races event is, with people coming to Galway from all over the country.

“Despite consistently being Ireland’s second most popular destination for holidaymakers, our data shows a significant increase in searches to Galway despite the surge in hotel prices – which is great news for the city’s tourism industry.”