Wednesday, February 21, 2007

    3513 On-line genealogy and tourism

    Is on-line research about our ancestors hurting the tourist business in Ireland?

    "In the last decade, with the increase in the digitization of genealogical documents and the prevalence of the Internet across the globe, online genealogical research has become a popular pastime among the citizens of the western countries. While this increase in popularity has been an economic boost for online companies that specialize in genealogy, it has had the unintended consequence on Ireland of decreasing the incoming revenue of the genealogy tourism industry." Read article here.

    What about Scotland and Germany?Source URL: http://maryelizabeth-winstead.blogspot.com/2007/02/3513-on-line-genealogy-and-tourism-is.html
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