ACRO Global Tourism Marketer Articles: ITIC: Ireland arrivals down 1% overall in August 2017, from UK down 12%

ITIC: Ireland arrivals down 1% overall in August 2017, from UK down 12%
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05 October 2017 (Edited )

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Posted 06 October 2017:

Silver lining of this cloud is: visits from North America were up 20% for August and 18% year to date.

But dropoff in short-haul travel from mainland Europe - down 2% in August although up 3% ytd - is worrisome.

Some of that dropoff is likely due to the fact that the UK is on sale because of weakness of the GBP (partly Brexit-related) against the euro. The UK is, after all, Ireland's #1 competitor for short-haul tourists from the eurozone.

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