Concern Over Clare’s Bed Capacity For Tourists

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A North Clare businesswoman is expressing concern about Clare’s capacity for overnight visitors.

It comes as a new initiative at the Cliffs of Moher will see coach operators obliged to offer an overnight stay option, as well as bring tourists coming to the Cliffs to other fee-paying attractions here.

But with just 37 hotels in Clare, the concern now is that the bed capacity isn’t here to cater for a surge in visitor numbers.

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While she says it’s a positive move to lure more visitors in, Orla Vaughan, who operates a hostel in Kilfenora, isn’t convinced we will have the beds there: