Last week Failte Ireland announced that a record 7.8m visited Ireland in 2007, a growth of 5% on the previous year and according to Gillian Bowler (chairman of Failte Ireland) figures that outperformed our main northern European competitors. All these visitors managed to spend 6.5billion euros - which probably wasn't difficult given the price of eating out in Ireland. What they seemed to like most about us is the unspoiled scenery, our friendliness and the sense of security. What they didn't like was the weather (climate change will soon change that) signposting (Dingle or An Daingean?) and the cost of eating and drinking (I'll drink to that). The full details are included in Failte Ireland's End of Year review . So should we all be loyal and support the industry and holiday at home or is the lure of a weak dollar too good a bargain to resist?.
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