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Wed 11 Nov 2002Inflation and marketing top of listThe Tourist industry looks to the Budget for two particular signals: curbing inflation and increased funds "ringfenced" fir international marketing.An independent economic study into the impact of tourism on the economy recently highlighted the impact of rising inflation on competitiveness generally. Since the mid-1990s Irish inflation has outstripped the rate of price increases both in competing markets and in those countries from which we aspire to attract visitors.