Tourism Sectoral Adaptation Plan 2025-2030

In line with the Programme for Government’s commitment to supporting communities, ecosystems and businesses in the face of rising climate risks, the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment has published a Tourism Sectoral Adaptation Plan 2025-2030.

This marks Ireland’s first Sectoral Adaptation Plan dedicated to the tourism sector. It seeks to identify both the challenges and opportunities presented by a changing climate, with the aim of maintaining Ireland’s appeal to holidaymakers and supporting resilient communities through employment and economic growth.

Implementation of the plan prioritises reducing the consequences for the sector of the climate-related hazards identified by the National Climate Change Risk Assessment. The plan sets out three goals for the next 5 years:

Goal 1: Increase the tourism sector’s understanding of the relationship between climatic variables and the tourism sector in Ireland, to improve the ability to address the impacts of climate change on the sector

Goal 2: Build a shared awareness of climate change and its impacts and necessary steps to develop resilience across the tourism sector in Ireland, particularly amongst tourism-dependent communities

Goal 3: Build resilience to reduce the consequences of the most significant climate risks faced by the tourism sector.

The plan contains a number of actions to achieve the goals which will be overseen by the department or the tourism agencies.

The development of the Tourism Sectoral Adaptation Plan has been guided by the government’s National Adaptation Framework, which sets out the objective of transitioning to a climate-resilient and environmentally sustainable economy by 2050.