Hoteliers hoping US tourists will help trade
Michael Rosney, spokesman for the Kerry branch of the Irish Hotels’ Federation, yesterday said the season so far was “very quiet” and down, in numbers, on previous years.
He said the general economic situation and additional taxes were impacting on the domestic market. “Money that people will be paying out for the property tax, for example, could well be the few hundred euro they might otherwise spend on a weekend away.