2018 has been the best ever year for Irish tourism.
Tourism Ireland says that by the end of the year, 11.2 million people will have visited the island of Ireland – that’s an increase of 6 per cent on 2017.
It’s thought the spend by these visitors during 2018 will be 6.1 billion euro – up 10 per cent on last year.
Tourism Ireland CEO Niall Gibbons says a new campaign is being launched to target the 2019 market:
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