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01 February 2022
Go to release: Household Travel Survey Quarter 3 2021
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (01 February 2022) released Household Travel Survey Quarter 3 2021.
Commenting on the release, Brendan Curtin, Statistician, said: “The figures provide information on the impact of COVID-19 on domestic and international travel in the months of July, August and September 2021.
Domestic trips were down by 1.1 million (-28%) in Q3 2021 compared with the same period two years ago. When compared to Q3 2019 Irish residents took 11% fewer domestic holiday trips and business trips were down by 68%.
There were 585,000 outbound overnight trips undertaken by Irish residents in Q3 2021. When compared to Q3 2019 this represents a fall of 2.3 million outbound trips (-80%), with foreign holidays down by 1.7 million and 300,000 fewer trips to visit friends and relatives."
Brendan Curtin (+353) 21 453 5120 or James Mahon (+353) 21 453 5463
or email tourism@cso.ie
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