US visitors numbers to Ireland fall by 11%
Jul 20th, 2005, 03:14 AM
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US visitors numbers to Ireland fall by 11%
Just a news item on the radio this morning. All other travellers especailly from Europe are very much up on last year, but visitors from the US are significantly down by 11%. Wonder why?
Jul 20th, 2005, 04:01 AM
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Langcraft 
ira, there isn't a marked difference between the exchange rate from today and this time last year!
The 11% drop accounts for a difference between this year to date and last year?
ira, there isn't a marked difference between the exchange rate from today and this time last year!
The 11% drop accounts for a difference between this year to date and last year?
Jul 20th, 2005, 05:03 AM
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Its not the actual exchange rate. I think its the cost in general. I feel many of the tourist attractions are quite high priced a well as the "tourist" restaurants they tend to reccommend. This is why I try to post good value eats when I see an article or come across a place here in Dublin that I feel is good value.
Good value in Dublin are the National Museum, Kildare street, Art Museum Nassau Street, Chester Beatty Library (Behind Dublin Castle), Collins Barrick Museum . All are free! Paying to see Kilmainham Jail, Book of Kells (Although the tour combined with the book entrance is better value for history buffs!)and Guinness is very expensive for a family and it annoys me as I think it puts people off coming again.
Even ourselves when we go to somplace like Clifton for a bank holiday weekend...dinners get very expensive unless you want a burger or fish and chips. It forces you to spend more and eat in places you may not have intended.
I don't think they are addressing this problem here and we rely strongly on tourism as one the stong industries in Ireland.
Good value in Dublin are the National Museum, Kildare street, Art Museum Nassau Street, Chester Beatty Library (Behind Dublin Castle), Collins Barrick Museum . All are free! Paying to see Kilmainham Jail, Book of Kells (Although the tour combined with the book entrance is better value for history buffs!)and Guinness is very expensive for a family and it annoys me as I think it puts people off coming again.
Even ourselves when we go to somplace like Clifton for a bank holiday weekend...dinners get very expensive unless you want a burger or fish and chips. It forces you to spend more and eat in places you may not have intended.
I don't think they are addressing this problem here and we rely strongly on tourism as one the stong industries in Ireland.
Jul 20th, 2005, 05:10 AM
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SiobhanP - I think that you have a point. I think that a big proportion of the problem came from the Euro change over when there was a huge abuse on the part of retailers in inflating their prices. Business is business, but in this respect a very short sighted, greedy outlook that I fear may come back and bite them.
Tourism is vital for Ireland, some much needed regulation on the part of Government and Tourist Authority is needed.
Tourism is vital for Ireland, some much needed regulation on the part of Government and Tourist Authority is needed.
