‘Dublin Airport passenger cap is the main handbrake’ – Irish tourism chiefs warn that 2025 season will be ‘sobering’
The Irish Tourism Industry Confederation said Dublin Airport needs the headroom to grow
Ralph Riegel
Ireland faces a three-pronged challenge to its 10ドルbn tourism and hospitality industry this year.
Tourism operators have said they face "a sobering context" for the upcoming season because of the war in Ukraine, trade and tariff uncertainty over Donald Trump’s incoming US administration, as well as global inflation and income concerns.
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