In June 2024, 669,500 foreign visitors completed trips to Ireland, representing an 8.0pc increase from June 2023 but 36.9pc below pre-pandemic.
The figure compares with the pre pandemic total of 1,061,800 in June 2019 while the January to June total of 3,247,900 is still 36pc below the figure of 5,048,500 for January to June 2019.
The majority of visitors (34.0pc) were from Britain, followed by the United States (24.0pc) and Germany (6.5pc). Average stay was 7.3 nights.
The CSO changed its methodology of comparing visitor statistics during the pandemic and warts: “Care must be taken comparing the Inbound Tourism series to both the Overseas Travel series and Tourism and Travel series. The Inbound Tourism series is compiled using a very different sampling methodology and a very different mode of data collection. Therefore, the results of the respective series are not directly comparable. The Inbound Tourism series should be seen as a completely new and different statistical series rather than a continuation or update of the Overseas Travel and Tourism and Travel series.“
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