Calls have been made to get rid of the Dublin Airport passenger cap over tourism fears.
The cap of 32million is one of the biggest risk to tourism growth in Ireland, Failte Ireland chief has claimed. His words come after earlier this month, Dublin Airport announced it will exceed the passenger cap this year.
Failte Ireland CEO Paul Kelly said regional airports cannot compensate for the loss in growth the country will suffer if the cap isn’t removed. He added that the lifting of the cap needs to be done with appropriate planning mechanisms and be cognisant of the noise pollution for locals.
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Speaking on Today with Colm O Mongain on RTE Radio, Mr Kelly said: “A lot of the flights will move to other airports outside of Ireland, so we do need to see the cap lifted in Dublin Airport.” In relation to the possible increasing the cap for carbon emissions, he said for an island country, flying is the only practical way to travel in and out for a vast majority of people.
He said: “We work with our colleagues in Tourism Ireland on trying to make sure we get the maximum local benefit for any of the carbon that is emitted by people travelling to Ireland. We are working on this mechanism of looking at the maximum revenue per kilogram of carbon generated in terms of international aviation to get here.
“But we cannot omit everything about how we do business here in Ireland by cutting ourselves off from the rest of the world.”
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