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Shannon Airport has welcomed today’s announcement by Ryanair that it is to add five routes on to its winter schedule this year as another significant boost for the airport.

The tourism sector continued to show strong signs of growth, according to the latest figures release by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) for overseas visits to Ireland for the period December 2013 to February 2014.

Passenger numbers at Ireland West Airport Knock are due to exceed 750,000 a year for the first time in the airport’s history following yesterday’s announcement by Ryanair of three new routes from the airport, along with increased flights on its Knock-London services.

Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring has said that the retention of the nine per cent VAT rate for tourism services will be a great boost to the tourism sector. Minister Ring has also warmly welcomed the scrapping of the air travel tax, as introduced by the Minister for Finance, Michael Noonan TD, as part of Budget 2014.

Galway hoteliers have welcomed the announcement by Minister Noonan to retain the nine per cent tourism VAT rate and look forward to working with the Government to increase employment in the sector.

A new €9 million international tourism marketing initiative will reach a worldwide audience of 20 million people and should help to significantly boost visitor numbers to Kilkenny, according to Kilkenny Fine Gael deputy John Paul Phelan.

Mayo’s tourism and construction industries are set for a jobs boost due to a number of schemes announced in the Government’s jobs initiative this week. There has been a general welcoming of the initiative which sees some bonuses for County Mayo.

The Government’s job initiative may be a step in the right direction but far more clarity is needed on how its implementation will come about, according to the Galway Chamber of Commerce.

Management at Galway Airport and Galway Harbour Company are confident and positive about their chances of garnering the support of new Transport Minister, Leo Varadkar, during his visit to the city tomorrow.

The latest figures released by Fáilte Ireland on visitor numbers in 2010 which show an overall decline of 15 per cent on the 2009 figure to levels last seen in 1998, are extremely disappointing as Government inaction has let this downward trend continue.