It’s claimed that growth in tourism numbers to this country is not reflected in the passenger numbers at Shannon Airport.
A former President of the Irish Hotels Federation is commenting in light of new figures from the CSO which show that spending by overseas visitors to Ireland rose by 6.5% to over 4.8 billion euro last year.
There was strong growth in revenue from North America, mainland Europe, and what’s described as “other” long-haul markets, though expenditure by British visitors dropped by 5.1%.
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Lahinch Hotelier Michael Vaughan says this growth has been witnessed on the ground in some parts of Clare, but he says there remains a need for a renewed focus on growing passenger numbers from Shannon.
