Dr Dominic DillaneHAMAD TURKEY HAMAD ALOTHMAN2022-06-042022-01-232022-06-04109831https://drepo.sdl.edu.sa/handle/20.500.14154/64006The Covid-19 pandemic has had adverse economic effects on the global economy. Virtually all the sectors of the economy were negatively affected. One of the industries most impacted by the pandemic is the events sector. The adverse effects of the pandemic resulted from the restrictions to travel, and on gatherings, as a control measures for the spread of the virus. Historic shocks to tourism such as 9/11, the Gulf war etc. have been followed by a relatively fast recovery. However, Covid-19 and its variants are different due to the waves of infection which create much greater uncertainty. Recovery is more difficult to predict as we don’t have similar historical data or phenomena to forecast from. Data on the events sector is sparse in Ireland however, events data is highly correlated to the broader tourism data which is readily available. The study was conducted to analyse the impact of the pandemic on the events and tourism industry in Ireland, to identify the factors that determine the earnings from the tourism sector and thus the growth of the sector in Ireland, and to forecast recovery from the pandemic suing both quantitative and qualitative methods. Various tourism-related variables were considered to identify predictors for tourism and event sector growth. The study conducted a quantitative study design to predict the earnings from both domestic tourism and foreign tourism in Ireland. The study identified significant predictors of both tourism earnings as measured by expenditure and the sector's growth. A significant prediction model of the growth of foreign tourism earnings and the actual earnings were fitted. A significant prediction model for earnings from domestic tourism was also fitted. In addition, the study used the Delphi technique to project tourism earnings and growth for the period between 2022 and 2025. The Delphi method forecasts a positive growth prospect for the tourism industry with a relatively fast recovery and growth trajectory. The events industry is expected to exhibit similar growth to the tourism sector. The events industry is therefore expected to record accelerated growth in the post-pandemic recovery reaching pre-pandemic levels by 2025 and would grow at a more sustainable rate from there on.66enThesis