Bid to build on 7% rise in visitor numbers

Irish tourism has enjoyed a bumper year with record numbers of visitors from most countries with the exception of Britain.

Tourism Ireland yesterday reported that the overall number of foreign tourists who visited Ireland is up around 7% in 2013 — ahead of the 5% target set at the start of the year.

Expenditure by overseas visitors is also up by around 6% to €3.64bn.