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Westport - Facts

Westport Population (2006 census)

• Westport 5,140
• Westport Rural 1,458
• Westport Rural Area 17,293

Westport Businesses include:

• Allergan Pharmaceuticals
• Allergan Botox
• Isotron
• Field Boxmore
• Skretting Ireland
• Carraig Donn Industries
• Corcoran Concrete
• Portwest
• Brendan Beirne Construction
• Conway Construction
• The Hughes Group
• O'Connor Group
• Moran Electrical

Tourism Accreditations:

• National Tidy Towns winner 2006
• All Ireland Best Kept Town 2005
• Gold Medal winner 2005
• European Florale Entente winner 2004
• Gold Medal winner 2004
• All Ireland Best Kept Town 2003
• Gold Medal winner 2002
• National Tidy Towns winner 2001

Tourists' top 15 likes:

• Beautiful scenery
• Restaurants
• Pubs
• Atmosphere
• Friendliness
• Location
• Accommodation
• Shops
• Westport House
• Beaches
• Croagh Patrick Mountain
• Golf
• Fishing
• Walking

95.9% of visitors stated that they would like to return to the town (Westport Tourism Survey 2002).