British visitor numbers take a pounding

10.7 per cent drop in past 12 months poses challenge to tourism industry

Tourists queue to see the Book of Kells at Trinity College in Dublin. Pic: RollingNews.ie
Tourists queue to see the Book of Kells in Trinity College in Dublin. Pic: RollingNews.ie

Official figures released this morning show that the fall in sterling in the wake of last year's Brexit vote has hit visitor numbers form Britain.

The Central Statistics Office said British residents made 855,800 trips to Ireland in the three months from February to the end of April, a drop of 10.7 per cent compared with the same period last ...