- First five months down 1pc
- USA international tourism gone into decline
Irish visitor numbers to the USA declined by 1.8pc in the year to May, with visitor numbers in May down by 15.1pc. See here.
Visitor numbers to the US from all markets were down 3pc. Irish visitor numbers were down 15.1pc in May, while numbers for all markets were down 6pc from all markets. See here. Irish numbers were:
- January 21,897 3.5
- February 23,129 0.2
- March 44,425 19.0
- April 29,811 -13.9
- May 33,144 -15.1
- YTD 152,406 -1.8