- Dublin best in Ireland ahead of Killarney and Galway
- Tripadvisor rankings for Ireland closely track visitor numbers to destination
Stephen Kaufer of Tripadvisor
Dublin topped Ireland’s list of destinations but failed to make the international lists in TripAdvisor’s annual reader’s choice award.
TripAdvisor say award winners were determined using an algorithm based on the quantity and quality of reviews and ratings for hotels, restaurants and attractions in destinations worldwide, gathered over a 12-month period, as well as traveller booking interest on TripAdvisor.
London rose from second place in 2018 to become the world’s number one destination ahead of Paris,
- Ireland: 1 Dublin, 2 Killarney, 3 Galway, 4 Dingle, 5 Cork, 6 Kilkenny, 7 Cong, 8 Westport, 9 Donegal town, 10 Sneem.
- World: 1 London, 2 Paris, 3 Rome, 4 Crete, 5 Bali, 6 Phuket, 7 Barcelona, 8 Istanbul, 9 Marrakech, 10 Dubai, 11 Prague, 12 Siem Reap, 13 New York,
- Europe: 1 London, 2 Paris, 3 Rome, 4 Crete, 5 Barcelona, 6 Istanbul, 7 Prague, 8 Lisbon, 9 Majorca, 10 tenerife.
- Irish counties by visitor numbers (2017): 1 Dublin 5,936k, 2 Galway 1,673k, 3 Cork 1,605k, 4 Kerry 1,277k, 5 Antrim 1,231k, 6 Clare 749k, 7 Limerick 647k, 8 Mayo 324k, 9 Kilkenny 315k, 10 Wicklow 275k, 11 Down 261k, 12 Waterford 255k, 13 Donegal 255k, 14 Wexford 252k, 15 Kildare 211k, 16 Tipperary 192k, 17 Sligo 173k, 18 Louth 172k, 19 Meath 162k, 20 Derry 127k, 21 Cavan 107k, 22 Tyrone 114k, 23 Westmeath 103k, 24 Armagh 101k, 25 Carlow 79k, 26 Monaghan 60k, 27 Roscommon 54k, 28 Offaly 52k, 29 Laois 43k, 30 Leitrim 41k, 31 Fermanagh 40k, 32 Longford 24k
