Óna Máire Walsh

So let's keep the domestic market.

I mean, one of the good things with COVID was that Irish people began to discover what's on their own doorstep and the hidden gems and the rest.

And I think we need to kind of keep that and do a lot of good work in terms of stimulating demand from the domestic market.

But the international visitation is what makes up the bulk of the Irish tourism economy.

So keeping the North American market strong, growing more from Europe and getting back some of the lost GB business is very, very important.

The stats can be confusing.

As I say, the CSO, if you look at Q1 from the CSO, it's strong double digit growth inbound visitation.

We're not quite seeing that.

We're seeing it sort of, you know, single digit growth, still growth growth.

The concern, though, I think is that kind of Q1, obviously, we had that locked and loaded before the Iran crisis.

Obviously, Q2 business was booked already.

The doubts are really for Q3 and Q4.

So there's lots of activity.

Travel and tourism is still the largest growing global economic sector.

Hopefully, Ireland will continue to win its market share.

And it's important to Ireland because I've said it to you before, Ciarán, tourism is the largest indigenous industry.

It's the biggest regional employer.

It's vitally important to the country.

Look across swathes of the Wild Atlantic Way, the likes of Kinsale, the likes of Dingle, the likes of Westport, Bundoran.

You know, tourism is the main show in town.