Historic buildings such as Dublin’s Custom House should be used solely
as tourist attractions, it has been suggested. The Irish Tourist Industry
Confederation (Itic) today rolled out an eight-year national strategy for the
hospitality sector to grow overseas tourism revenue from €4.9 billion to
€8.1 billion by 2025. Among the 40 policy recommendations in Itic’s report is a
government audit of State-owned buildings that could be relinquished to the
tourism trade. Itic chief executive Eoghan O’Mara Walsh said there are a number
of buildings under State ownership that could be used to improve the overall
quality of Ireland’s tourist offering and ease overcrowding at existing
attractions.
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