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Fri 12 Dec 2009Tourism sector plans to draw 3% more visits
TOURISM IRELAND defied international forecasts yesterday by announcing plans to increase visitor numbers to the island of Ireland by 3 per cent next year.
It is aiming to attract 7.85 million visitors in 2010, compared with an estimated 7.6 million this year. This is despite predictions from the world tourism forecaster Tourism Economics that the number of tourists coming here will fall by 2 per cent in 2010.
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