I do not have the figure for the number of Bord Fáilte offices. There is a large number overseas and if the Deputy tables a question for written answer, I will get the information for her. Bord Fáilte has been a tremendous success. Deputy Higgins is correct, it is very popular to be Irish in the world today. Australia, a large continent in the Antipodes, only attracts approximately four million visitors. Although it is a long distance away, it has the huge population of Asia on its doorstep. As a small island in the north Atlantic, we attract 6.4 million visitors. Therefore Bord Fáilte must be doing something right. The figures for 1997-98 were up 10.5%. In 1998-99 they were up 7.4% and in 1999-2000, 8%. Those are phenomenal figures.
There is a question, of which I am fully aware between Cork and Kerry Tourism, Kerry Tourism and Shannon Development which, as the Deputy indicated, are trying to redraw the boundaries. I am not for redrawing the boundaries in order that a single tourism board would be responsible for each county. The regions can be best developed under the regional tourism authorities. To have, as Deputy Naughten pointed out, five bodies marketing the Shannon is quite a number. Differentiating between counties Roscommon, Mayo and Galway would also be a problem. The rationalisation problem will continue. There is undoubtedly overlap and a lot of money is spent on flashy and glossy brochures. Recent research points out that 80% of brochures end up in the bin while other research indicates that there are enough brochures in the country to fill—