Irish best at buying travel tickets on-line

WHEN it comes to buying holidays or snapping up cheap airline seats on-line, Irish consumers are world beaters.

In a survey of 37 countries, Ireland topped the poll for buying holiday or leisure travel tickets on-line, with 28% of all internet shoppers here securing tickets on the web in the last month.

According to a report by TNS MRBI Interactive, 46% of Irish adults have accessed the internet in the last four weeks, compared to 39% in 2001.