Ireland inbound visitor numbers from Spain and Portugal were 25,900 in July, down 1.1pc on July 2025 and down 50.2pc on pre-pandemic. Rolling annual was 307,000 down 9.1pc on the twelve months to July 2025.
The total for the first six months of 2026 was 145,100, down 7.7pc on the six months to June 2025 and down 29.9pc on pre pandemic.
This follows declines of 6pc in June, 21.6pc in May, 16pc in April and increases of 18.3pc in March, 80pc in February and 5.0pc in January.
CSO tourism stats for Ireland
Overall – Australia/NZ – Benelux – Britain – Canada – Europe – France – Germany – Italy – North Anerica – Scandinavia – Spain/Portugal – USA – Outbound –
