Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 15 June 2022

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media

Rising Cost of Tourist Accommodation: Discussion

Mr. Tim Fenn:

What I was trying to articulate earlier was that the focus on the last-available room rates is not telling the full story about what is going on in the market. What we are trying to articulate today is that there is significant value out there. The challenge we have is that because there is a lack of supply, when we get down to those last few rooms, they are going to cost a lot more than one might want. When we look at the Dublin market out to next October, if someone was planning a trip for next October, there is plenty of good value, and it is the same in September and into August. The challenge we have-----

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