Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 March 2023

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

Challenges Facing Providers of Tourist Accommodation in Ireland: Discussion

Mr. Niall Gibbons:

There is no issue generating demand at the moment. There is significant pent-up demand to travel but we will find, particularly in the peak months heading towards summer, there will not be enough supply to satisfy the demand. That will happen everywhere.

Capacity in Cork Airport is higher now than it was in 2019. The team have done a really good job in expanding the number of routes that will be available coming into the summer months. The tricky bit is that, nationally, air capacity will be at 102% of 2019 levels heading into the summer but the available accommodation capacity will be less.