The Chairman of the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation has said that as many as 200,000 jobs in the tourism sector are at risk due to the impact of the Covid-19 crisis.
Speaking on RTÉ's The Business programme, Maurice Pratt also said tourism last year was worth €9.4 billion to the Irish economy, with the estimate for this year falling to €2.4 billion.
This represents a reduction of close to 75%.
"That's eight million visitors who won't travel to Ireland this year," Mr Pratt said.
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