Marking a great year for the Emerald Isle, record number of visitors arrived from North America, mainland Europe, Australia and emerging markets.   This year proved to be a record one for Irish tourism, with visitor numbers surpassing 11.2 million …

Travel writer Paul Kelly writes Ireland needs to create the attractions, events and value offering that will entice tourists to come here all year long and venture outside the big cities.   Tourism is growing but there are big challenges …

The tourism industry of Ireland is booming, but the combined effect of a ‘bad’ Brexit and a VAT rise to come into effect on January 1 could pose threats.   These issues were discussed at ‘Let’s Talk Tourism’, the national …

The primal scream from tourism and hospitality operators in terms of the return of their VAT to 13.5 percent is comprehensible, considering the scale of dissatisfaction among those, particularly the rural people, who expected the 9 per cent would be …

Stakeholders in the Irish tourism and hospitality industries have sharply criticised the Government for raising the sectors’ VAT rate from 9 per cent to 13.5 per cent in the 2019 Budget.   Paschal Donohoe, the Minister for Finance, declared that …

The Irish tourism representative body criticised the Government’s attitude to the sector, comparing it with the attention the Cabinet pays to other Brexit-exposed industries such as agriculture.   At a strategy and pre-budget briefing Wednesday, the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation …

In the first half of this year, Irish tourism grew by 6.7 percent as per data, with British visitors starting to shrug off a weak pound that has made trips to the euro zone more expensive since the vote to …

Ireland is playing India in two T20 cricket internationals in Dublin this week. With an estimated 255 million people set to watch the matches in India and other countries around the world, Tourism Ireland is taking this opportunity to showcase …

Ireland continues to witness a steady growth in its tourism revenues. The Irish tourism industry is now worth an estimated €8.7 billion as the number of international visitors continues to rise. According to new figures from the Irish Tourism Industry …

As per Tourism Ireland’s end of year review, after a period of downturn, Ireland’s tourism sector continues to go from strength to strength. 2016 was the strongest year in terms of visitor numbers and revenue, with 10.6m tourists bringing in …