Tourism is nothing without Americans

Sir — I’m a driver/guide with CIE Tours International and an approved Failte Ireland tour guide and I’m currently out on a nine-day tour of our beautiful country with 38 Americans.

Last Sunday morning I was shocked when one of my guests handed me the Sunday Independent and in a very upset tone asked me to read the article above mentioned. His quote to me was this: “Is this what you really think of us Americans?”

This article makes us Irish out to be fraudsters, conning the good American visitors who contribute so much to the economy of this country — and more importantly to me and my colleagues in CIE Tours, it depicts us as not being genuine