The annual River Festival (click for 2004) and the popular Tall Ships Race have increased the profile of Liverpool in recent years.
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| To and from Liverpool by Sea and River | |||||||||||||||||||
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| The most famous way of transferring from water to land in Liverpool is by Mersey Ferry although this is a little used method of arrival for tourists. It is a popular tourist attraction in its own right and a page is dedicated to it. | |
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| Waterborne visitors are more likely to arrive from Ireland or the Isle of Man although, increasingly as Liverpool becomes recognised as a proper tourist location, then private yachts and the occasional cruise liner have moored in the river. Work is shortly to start on a cruise liner berth to enable Liverpool to become a true cruise destination. The annual River Festival (click for 2004) and the popular Tall Ships Race have increased the profile of Liverpool in recent years. |
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| In November 2004, it was announced that the Sea Cat service from Dublin to Liverpool was ending due to the pressure applied by the cheap and fast budget airlines. Visitors with a car will now have no option but to join the lorries and land at Holyhead in Wales from either Dublin or Dun Laoghaire to complete their journey by road. One consolation is that the journey from Wales is about two hours, much quicker than in the days when it could take nearly that to get from Queensferry before fast roads were built. | |||||||||||||||||||
| The Isle of Man ferry continues to operate and is likely to do so for the forseeable future as lorries need to get there to supply the Islands everyday needs. Every year motorcyclists visit the famous TT races. | |||||||||||||||||||
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