No capital gains as Dublin losing out as tourist destination

It might attract more than half of all foreign visitors to Ireland each year but Dublin is “under-performing” as a tourist destination.

That is the finding of a report which has proposed a blueprint for ambitious growth in overseas visitors to the capital up to 2020.

The report by the Grow Dublin Taskforce, representing tourism and business interests, expressed concern that Dublin has slipped behind other European competitors as a short holiday destination.