Tourism facing a ‘cautious passage’ after rise in latest visitor numbers

TRAVEL and tourism are likely to face a cautious passage into 2012 because of recent economic turmoil, according to Tourism Ireland.

The organisation, which promotes Ireland overseas, was commenting on latest overseas figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) showing that visitor numbers in the 10 months to October are up by 7.4%.

The increase follows a 13.6% drop in visitors in 2010 and a decrease of 11.7% in 2009.