Comment: Government must state how and when international travel can resume
The lack of a commitment on the return of aviation is worrying for tourism and for the broader economy
Eoghan O'Mara Walsh
30th April, 2021
‘The US will have its adult population inoculated by the end of May. Surely it is not beyond the wit of technocrats on both sides of the Atlantic to create a travel corridor between Ireland and the North American bloc.’ Picture: Rollingnews.ie
The Taoiseach’s announcement yesterday of the reopening plan for the economy was broadly welcomed by Ireland’s tourism industry, the country’s largest indigenous sector and biggest regional employer.