The value of overseas tourism to Ireland can grow beyond the five point three billion euro spend recorded this year.
However the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation says accommodation and airport capacity constraints will be a major stumbling block.
20% of hotel and guest house beds are currently contracted to Government to house asylum seekers and refugees.
The confederation’s Chief Executive Eoghan O’Meara Walsh says the tourism sector still had a decent 2023, and will have to show the same resilience next year……