Tourists left with bad taste

SOME Irish hotels and restaurants are making a meal of it when it comes to providing proper menus and value for money, say continental tourists.

A report by the State tourism training agency CERT found that medium-priced restaurants and hotels will have to provide better value for money, with more varied menus, if they want to satisfy tourists.

While overall satisfaction rates among tourists is high, particularly among US and British holidaymakers, travellers from the increasingly important continental market believe Ireland’s value for money is low.