2016 Archive
Find out more about the research that identified drivers of satisfaction for Ireland’s visitor attractions.
Download Fáilte Ireland's update of regional tourism performance in Ireland in 2016, updated to include revised Domestic Tourism data by the CSO in December 2017.
A study on some of the community benefits of tourist accommodation. This paper looks at some of the social, economic and wider benefits to local residents, businesses and others from developing tourist accommodation, hotels in particular, within their communities.
The last in Fáilte Ireland’s state of the season surveys for 2016. We review tourism businesses’ views on 2016 and the year to come. Down load the latest tourism barometer to find out more.
The first update of Fáilte Ireland's "Analysis of Visitor Accommodation in Dublin 2015-20" identifies new capacity coming on stream, along with projected demand for tourist accommodation in Dublin.
Irish hotels achieved an average room occupancy rate of 72% in 2016 — the highest rate achieved in over twenty years. Read the preliminary results of our hotel survey here.
What prompts overseas holidaymakers to choose Ireland, where did they get their information about the country and what did they think of their Irish experience? Find the answers in The Overseas Holidaymakers’ Attitudes Survey 2016.
Cork welcomed almost 1.5 million overseas tourists in 2015 and almost 1 million Irish residence took a trip to Ireland's largest county in the same year. Find out more about tourism performance in Ireland's regions and counties here...
The second in the series of Fáilte Ireland's regular state of the season surveys in 2016 reports that tourism providers have experienced a good 2016 so far. Download the September 2016 tourism barometer to find out more.
"Over recent years there has been increasing evidence of an emerging shortfall of visitor accommodation
in Dublin that could limit the potential for tourism growth longer term."
Find out more in this report on the future of visitor accommodation in Dublin.