Irish Tourist Industry Confederation
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Tourism’s 9% special VAT rate is a ‘deadweight’, says report
- Transport & Tourism
- July 31, 2018, 13:12
The Department of Finance has calculated that the special 9 per cent VAT for tourism has cost €2.6 billion since its introduction in 2011, including €(...)

Calls for review of Fáilte Ireland get a cool reception
- Transport & Tourism
- May 4, 2018, 04:55
Tensions have arisen between the tourism industry and Fáilte Ireland, the State agency responsible for the industry’s development, over a call by an i(...)

Tourism industry calls for greater spending to boost visitor numbers
- Transport & Tourism
- December 28, 2017, 16:51
The Republic’s tourism industry is calling for a major programme of State investment to boost overseas visitor numbers by more than 50 per cent to 13.(...)

‘No room for complacency’ in tourist industry despite record year– ITIC
- Transport & Tourism
- December 28, 2017, 10:22
A drop in the number of British tourists to Ireland is a cause for concern despite an overall growth in the market in 2017, a tourism body has said. (...)

Budget 2018: Relief in tourism industry as 9% VAT rate maintained
- Transport & Tourism
- October 11, 2017, 21:00
The tourism industry expressed relief after retaining its special 9 per cent VAT rate, which State officials had suggested might be scrapped in Budget(...)

The Irish tourism industry wants the State to spend €60 million each year for a decade on developing new visitor attractions. The Irish Tourist Indu(...)

Time to replace tourism’s VAT rate with targeted investment
- Transport & Tourism
- July 12, 2017, 05:35
On Monday, the DAA announced that 2.9 million passengers used Dublin Airport last month, its busiest June in 77 years. North American routes rose by 1(...)

Brexit effect to cost tourism €100m this year
- Transport & Tourism
- June 29, 2017, 14:32
Hospitality businesses face the loss of about €100 million this year as the fallout from Brexit hits British holidaymakers’ spending power, tourism ch(...)

Tourism industry hopes DUP link to Tories ensures softer Brexit
- Transport & Tourism
- June 10, 2017, 06:04
Senior figures within Irish tourism, which is heavily exposed to the effects of Brexit and weak sterling, have expressed hope that the hung parliament(...)

How are Ireland’s top tourist attractions faring with Brexit?
- Transport & Tourism
- May 13, 2017, 11:08
From the rugged Cliffs of Moher on the west coast to the home of the black stuff on the banks of the Liffey, the Republic’s top tourist attractions ar(...)