Tourism cannot afford to see Ireland closed for business

We must try to chart a roadmap out of this crisis for Ireland’s largest indigenous industry, writes Eoghan O’Mara Walsh

Eoghan O’Mara Walsh, CEO of Itic. Picture: Maxwell Photography

It is now an accepted fact that the economic sector hit quickest and hardest by the pandemic has been Ireland’s travel, tourism, and hospitality industry.

Estimates point to an 85% drop in revenue since Covid-19 began and a staggering 160,000 job losses.