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Kinsale is a town where the quality of the environment is in itself a very strong visitor attraction, and the people of Kinsale take their environment very seriously indeed. This was strongly illustrated in 1986 when Kinsale was the national winner of the Irish Tourist Board Tidy Towns Competition - Kinsale was identified as the tidiest town in Ireland. They followed this success in 1986, by being placed Third in the prestigious European competition Entente Florale.
This
competition is designed to select the towns and villages in Europe who make the best use
of trees and planting in the urban environment. Kinsale has continued to be very
successful in the Tidy Towns Competition and frequently is judged to be the best small
town in Ireland. The development of Kinsale's keen interest in the environment has been
marked by an unusual ability of the people of the town to work closely together to improve
their local area. Environmental quality has been one of the reasons why Kinsale has such a
long visitor season each year, stretching from Easter to the end of October. The visitor
may be tempted to ask why this town with a very small winter population has been so
successful in tourism terms. Perhaps it is that many of the people working here in tourism
have had significant tourism experience in other countries. In this way perhaps they have
brought a cosmopolitan view to the potential which the area has to gain from this
industry. Kinsale has an excellent Chamber of Tourism, Good Food Circle and an enlightened
Urban District Council.