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Tourism chiefs have warned of a softening in the inbound tourism market in the run-up to Budget 2027, which is published by the Government next week. Latest monthly figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show a rise in the total number of overseas visitors to Ireland in August. However, crucially, there were percentage drops against the key metrics of length of stay, amount of money spent and visitors from North America. The CSO measured 788,700 inbound visitors i

Sentiment amongst Irish inbound and domestic tourism companies remains downbeat despite latest figures showing growth in visitor numbers during the summer months. Latest indicators from the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC) show that 51% of Irish inbound tourism businesses are currently unhappy, with just 24% happy and 25% floating somewhere in between. Updated CSO figures show that 676,300 people visited Ireland in July – 5% up on the same month last year. Britain

The Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC) has officially launched its 2026 Annual Conference - this year taking the theme of Adjust, Adapt, Accelerate: Tourism in Uncertain Times. ... The flagship annual conference takes place on October 1st in the Convention Centre Dublin and is kindly sponsored by Fáilte Ireland, Tourism Ireland and AIB. Moderated by broadcaster Dearbhail McDonald the conference has a stellar line up of speakers including Minister for Enterprise, Tour

Tourism chiefs want the Government to commit to a €50m investment package, for the industry, in the October Budget. Ahead of the Budget 2027 announcement, due on October 6, the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC) - the representative body for the inbound and domestic tourism industry - has called for investment to further diversify Ireland's tourism offering. That, it said, should cover boosting AI readiness, growing business tourism attractiveness and pushing a culin

Three more speakers have been added to the stellar line-up for the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC) conference on October 1st in the Convention Centre Dublin. BBC’s award-winning broadcaster Caitríona Perry will give the view from inside the cauldron of US politics, Des McCann will outline how Dalata Hotel Group plans to grow its business, and Misa Labarile from the EU Commission will talk about the impending European Sustainable Tourism strategy. They join a packe

The Irish Tourism Industry Confederation (ITIC) has released a sneak peak at emerging details of its 2026 Annual Conference, coming up in October. Generally seen as the main event for the domestic and inbound tourism sector, ITIC announced, in February, that this year’s conference will be held at Convention Centre Dublin on October 1. In April, ITIC announced its initial line-up of speakers; including Tourism Ireland CEO, Alice Mansergh; UN Tourism Secretary General, Anita Me