Tourism outlook best in decade as visitor numbers rise

Optimism about tourism is its highest in a decade and the number of overseas visitors to Ireland has grown this year.

A Fáilte Ireland survey of 600 tourism businesses found that 72% were upbeat about tourism performance in 2016 and about prospects for the rest of the year.

The figure is up two percentage points on last year, and rising steadily since the low of 2009.