“Being honest, I think it will be September and October before things start getting back to normal,” she suggests. “The Department of Foreign Affairs isn’t looking beyond May, so realistically we can’t see what’s going to happen after that. Maybe with the economic impact of the crisis people will be going on fewer holidays but many will still want to travel.”The President of the Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA) Pat Dawson is not so optimistic. How soon many Irish people travel again “depends on how fast Spain or and the other major markets recover,” believes Corry. There is a desire for travel, be that for business or leisure, and it is not going to go away.”

Source: The Irish Times April 02, 2020 09:14 UTC