Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 2 December 2020
Joint Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht
Impact of Covid-19 on the Tourism Sector: Discussion
Mr. Paul Kelly:
I think the sector's expectations are relatively low. At the moment, the sector has only been told it can open with inter-county travel until 6 January. What will happen after 6 January? Obviously, what will happen on the health front will be a massive determinant of that. That period until the season gets going again post St. Patrick's Day is always the worst time of year anyway. It is always the toughest time of year to get through. People are now facing into it with nothing left in the reserves, so I think the expectation is, once again, very grim.
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