Hotel industry is on backfoot due to fall in overseas tourists, says industry body

The number of overseas visitors to Ireland dropped more than 25% last year compared to 2019.

Hotel room occupancy last year inched closer to returning to pre-pandemic levels, but a fall in oversea tourists to Ireland held the industry back, said the Irish Hotel Federation.

The hotel business representative body expressed concerns that Ireland will continue to experience a shortfall of visitors from abroad due to inflation and the war in Ukraine.