RTÉ Business: Cutbacks in holidays, business trips
- Irish people holidaying in Ireland: Up 9.4%
- Irish people holidaying abroad: Down 6.5%
- Foreigners holidaying in Ireland: Down (don't have the figures)
If this tax is scrapped, what can we expect?
- Irish people holidaying in Ireland: Down
- Irish people holidaying abroad: Up
- Foreigners holidaying in Ireland: Up
So it's a lot of swings and round-abouts. And let's face it, most Shannon routes are used by Irish to go abroad than the opposite. So scrapping the tax will just send more euros out of the region, no?
All that said, I would still like to see the tourist tax scrapped
