'Bring more money in' - Should Dublin build more hotels?

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Does Dublin need to be building more hotels or should other forms of development be prioritised?

At present, there are thought to be some 250 hotels in the capital with around 22,000 rooms.

Of that number, roughly 4,000 are being used for non-tourism purposes - such as housing refugees or asylum seekers.

“I think the people who build hotels would know if hotels are needed here, so they wouldn’t have invested so much money in building them,” one woman told Josh.Her views were echoed by another woman who said she was concerned about the high prices many hotels charge. “I think there should be hotels because there’s not enough for people who come to visit us and they’re taken up by tourists,” she said.it’s too expensive for themSimilarly, a couple visiting from Sydney, Australia said they had chosen to stay in Airbnb because of the prices hotels are charging.Main image: The Dublin skyline filled with tower cranes. Photo: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

 

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