Monday 26 March 2018

'Historic gems' like Dublin's Custom House should just be used for tourism


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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Read the report here.

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