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Tourism

tourism

Visits to Irish tourist attractions down 42% on pre-Covid levels

New research outlines challenges plaguing tourism sector, which is has yet to fully recover from pandemic restrictions
  • Emmet Ryan
  • October 3, 2023
Sport

Cork council to continue sponsoring Ironman event due to 'significant’ contribution to local economy

Youghal competition has brought in €20 million to area since 2019
  • Sarah McGuinness
  • September 27, 2023

Simply Better
Back to School

Delicious recipes by Neven Maguire

Hospitality

Split Vat rate for hotels and restaurants unlikely to be included in Budget 2024

Catherine Martin, the tourism minister, met with industry representatives this morning where the issue was raised
  • Barry J Whyte
  • September 27, 2023
Making it Work

West Cork guesthouse with a Tuscan twist

Dunowen House branches out into organising Italian cookery tours
  • Emmet Ryan
  • September 24, 2023
Travel

Second nature: freewheeling through Slovenia

With its green credentials, unspoiled landscapes and high quality local food producers, it’s like Tuscany without the crowds and high prices
  • Isabel Conway
  • September 23, 2023
Tourism

Plans to revamp Cliffs of Moher trails expected to deliver annual revenues of €36m

Redevelopment strategy includes plans for a ‘world class’ visitor attraction, the cost of which has not yet been disclosed
  • Gordon Deegan
  • September 4, 2023
Travel

Nice: come for the rugby, and you may never leave

This September you can enjoy a Rugby World Cup clash before taking a stroll on the Prom or through the Old Town in the gorgeous capital of the Côte d’Azur
  • Brendan Daly
  • September 1, 2023
Travel

Travel will represent a €14.3 trillion economy by 2033

The latest figure is a 50 per cent increase over its €9.3 trillion value in 2019, according to data from the World Travel & Tourism Council
  • Bloomberg
  • August 28, 2023
Dublin City

Garda’s new city policing plan must be more than just a ‘sticking plaster’

There was a wide welcome for the €10 million overtime budget in the capital announced this week but some are sceptical how effective it will be in the long run
  • Cónal Thomas
  • August 27, 2023
Companies

‘Fungie put us on the map’ – Dingle boat firm enjoys strong growth amid bumper US tourism

Dingle Sea Safari to see profits grow again, despite the high-profile disappearance of Fungie in recent years
  • Donal MacNamee
  • August 23, 2023
Dublin

Two further teens charged in connection with Talbot Street tourist attack

A US tourist was seriously injured in an attack on Talbot Street last week
  • Gráinne Ní Aodha
  • July 27, 2023
Aviation

Record-breaking 900,000 passengers travelled through Shannon Airport in first half of 2023

Today’s figures are the highest recorded since 2009
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • July 25, 2023
Dublin

Teenage boy charged in connection with Talbot street tourist attack

American tourist Stephen Termini remains in intensive care after being assaulted on Wednesday
  • Sarah McGuinness
  • July 23, 2023
Food and Drink

Irish bar in San Francisco takes direct approach to targeting Irish tourists

Casement’s Bar is engaging in bar takeovers in Ireland over the course of July
  • Emmet Ryan
  • July 20, 2023
Hospitality

Price gouging by hotels ‘does industry no service’, warns tourism body chief

Irish Tourism Industry Confederation head Eoghan O’Mara Walsh says minority who inflate prices damage business for majority who offer fair rates
  • Ellie Donnelly
  • July 9, 2023
Travel

Bean there, done that - How Colombia turned its coffee trade into a tourism draw

As well as Colombia’s renowned landscapes and cities, increasing numbers of tourists are attracted to the coffee-growing axis in the Andes Mountains, which is now a Unesco world heritage site
  • Joseph O'Connor
  • June 30, 2023
tourism

Idea of raising 9 per cent Vat rate on tourism is ‘nonsensical’

The vast majority of Ireland’s tourist businesses are SMEs and they will be badly affected if the current rate is increased
  • Eoghan O'Mara Walsh
  • June 25, 2023
Dublin

Capel Street and Liberties say ‘no room at the inn’ for more tourist accommodation

There is a de facto ban on planning permission for further hotels and aparthotels in two large areas of Dublin city centre at a time when the tourist sector warns of an acute shortage of rooms
  • Killian Woods
  • June 25, 2023
Planning

Decision by Dublin City Council to block two proposed hotels sparks tourism chiefs’ anger

Representatives argue that move to avoid ‘overconcentration’ of hotels will impact supply and affordability
  • Killian Woods
  • June 17, 2023
Travel

Adventure on the high seas

Isabel Conway enjoys the delights of slow travel on Brittany Ferries’ new ship Salamanca from Rosslare to Bilbao in Spain
  • Isabel Conway
  • June 17, 2023

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