Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 May 2018
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport
Tourism - An Industry Strategy for Growth to 2025: Discussion
9:30 am
Mr. Maurice Pratt:
I endorse Mr. O'Mara Walsh's comments. This is most extensive review the industry has conducted in 20 years. It is about positioning ourselves for growth over the next decade. World tourism growth is between 5% and 6% annually and, therefore, the opportunity is there. It is about making the right policy choices. One has to examine industry such as this on the basis of decades as opposed to a short-term basis. There are many opportunities but the greatest is probably the ability to spread tourism more rurally because it is in every community in the State. The tourism industry can be brought to parts of the country that other industries would never be able to reach.
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