Falling tourism cause of concern

DECLINING tourism in the regions was a major cause of concern, the incoming president of the Irish Tourist Industry Confederation (ITIC), Catherine Reilly, said yesterday.

ITIC is in the process of finalising a major report into the problems facing the regions and “some of what we are unearthing is not pleasant”, she said.

Ms Reilly was addressing guests at a lunch in Dublin following her inauguration.