Year of growth for Irish tourism

IRELAND recorded an 8.6 percent year-on-year increase in overseas tourist numbers in the January-November period of 2014.

With a total of more than seven million foreign tourist visits, numbers from the UK were up by eight percent, and those from North America rose by 14.9 percent.

It’s estimated that the Republic’s tourism industry supports 200,000 jobs.

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