Tourism sees drop in visitor numbers
Friday, July 30, 2010 - 02:05 PM
The number of people visiting Ireland fell again in May with 155,000 less trips were taken to Ireland when compared with the same month in 2009.
There was a 30% drop in the number of people visiting from the UK while visitors from the rest of Europe were down almost 20% in May.
The number of American visitors was also down 17%.
It comes as the Tourism Minister Mary Hanafin announces a new group to take charge of driving competitiveness in the industry.
