Key Tourism Asks within Programme for Government

Tourism: the economic lifeblood of regional Ireland Ireland’s tourism industry – the country’s largest indigenous industry and biggest regional employer – needs to be front and centre of the new Programme for Government that is being negotiated. Irish tourism employed 265,000 people last year and was worth over €9 billion with over €2 billion returned […]... Read More

Covid-19: ITIC Bulletin 5: Emerging from Irish tourism’s greatest ever challenge

Collaboration and cohesion: how Irish tourism can recover Last week’s announcement that current restrictions on people and businesses will continue until May 5th means that Ireland’s tourism industry will remain in deep cold storage. And even after May 5th, or whatever revised date may be chosen, it is clear that any relaxation of restrictions will […]... Read More

Covid-19 ITIC Bulletin 4: A first step, a cost estimate, an international perspective, and a plan for the future

A welcome initiative but only a first step The Irish Government’s economic response last week to Covid-19 with a €3.7 billion package was a welcome initiative in supporting tourism and hospitality businesses up and down the country who are wrestling with a staggering challenge. The wage subsidy measures, increased unemployment payments and better illness cover […]... Read More