Ireland's tourism industry is "on its knees", the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport says, speaking exclusively to the Irish Independent, and "dramatic measures" are needed to save it. One of those measures should be a reduction of VAT for Irish tourism and hospitality businesses from 13.5pc to 0pc. Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland will also be undertaking "very sophisticated" visitor research to inform recovery plans, he says. "I don’t think it's going to be too late because, quite honestly, the tourism industry is going to start slowly. I don't think eight weeks time will be too late for that."

Source: Irish Independent May 14, 2020 01:07 UTC