Clare Tourism Advisory Board Admits County Has Experienced “Disappointing” Tourism Season

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The Clare Tourism Advisory Board admits the county has experienced a “disappointing” tourism season. It comes as the latest Fáilte Ireland Tourism Barometer, which surveyed 1,002 tourism-dependent businesses, has found that 53% of providers had fewer customers this summer than in the same period last year. Of the food and drink firms surveyed, 84% said their profitability saw a decline this year while 78% of hotels and guesthouses had the same report. Owner of Durty Nelly’s in Bunratty and Vice Chair of the Clare Tourism Advisory Board Maurice Walsh says no area of the county has been immune to reduced footfall during the summer months.