Fáilte Ireland remains optimistic about tourism boom despite drop in global air capacity

Fáilte Ireland estimated that total seat capacity will reach 15.1m this summer

Although the tourism industry is on track to return to pre-2020 levels of activity, travellers are set to be hit with soaring ticket prices. 

Fáilte Ireland says it remains optimistic about a predicted tourism boom despite global air capacity at the end of June being 2.5% below where it was in the same week in 2019 before the pandemic hit the travel industry.

A presentation by the tourism body showed that planned seat capacity to the Republic of Ireland this summer is expected to be more than 100% of its pre-pandemic levels, with an average of 500,000 seats per week.