Fáilte Ireland: tourism at low ebb but it can spearhead recovery

In 2019, 9.7m overseas tourists visited Ireland. Picture: Dan Linehan

The chief executive of Fáilte Ireland has admitted that domestic tourism is at a "low ebb" due to the Covid-19 pandemic but stressed the need for the sector to spearhead a recovery once the crisis has passed. 

Writing in the 2019 Fáilte Ireland annual report, Paul Kelly said it "is not just a review of last year, it looks back on what seems now like another era".