‘Too few hotels’ in Dublin claim as Tourism Ireland as drive kicks off

There are too few hotels in Dublin, which will act as a brake to developing the economy across the island, a leading accountancy firm claimed yesterday, on the same day Tourism Ireland launched its plans to boost tourism in the capital.

Crowe Horwath said occupancy rates of up to 80% indicates that Dublin hotels are effectively full and illustrates the severity of the shortage even at this early stage in the economic upswing.

To bring the market back into some sort of balance,But because of the construction industry is in a bad shape there is no evidence the new hotels will be built. It says that planning problems and finding funding for projects are the “key hurdles.”