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2025 Tourism Careers Research Update

Read the summary results for the fifth year of Fáilte Ireland's tourism and hospitality labour market research.

Dublin Hotel Pricing: A Comparative Review

This report brings independent empirical analysis to the Dublin hotel market with reference, inter alia, to the scale of price increases compared to increases in the costs of doing business and how Dublin benchmarks against European comparators.

Impact of the VAT Reduction on Irish Tourism and Tourism Employment [pdf, 1.9MB]

The report shows that Ireland’s value for money rating improved significantly following the VAT cut in 2011 - with the initiative resulting in lower prices than would otherwise have been the case as well as generating additional activity and employment.