Hoteliers hoping US tourists will help trade

Tourism interests in the South-West are hoping an expected influx of American visitors from the end of May will compensate for a slow start to 2013.

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.

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