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Press Statement

Preasráiteas

13 May 2022

Household Travel Survey Quarter 4 and Year 2021

Irish residents took less than six million domestic overnight trips in 2021
  • Irish residents took 5.7 million domestic overnight trips in 2021, a decrease of 27% when compared with the same period in 2020
  • Total expenditure on domestic trips in 2021 amounted to €1.3 billion with those on holidays spending €998 million of this, while those visiting friends or relatives spent €176 million
  • In the fourth quarter of 2021 Irish residents took 1.6 million domestic overnight trips, which represented an increase of 40% when compared with the same period in 2020
  • There were almost 2.3 million outbound overnight trips undertaken by Irish residents in 2021, which represented a slight decrease of 4% when compared with 2020

Go to release: Household Travel Survey Quarter 4 and Year 2021

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (13 May 2022) released Household Travel Survey Quarter 4 and Year 2021.

Commenting on the release, Brendan Curtin, Statistician, said: The figures provide information on the significant impact of COVID-19 on domestic and international travel by Irish residents throughout 2021. In 2021, domestic overnight trips decreased by fifty percent (-51.3%) and international trips were down by seventy five percent (-75.7%), when compared with 2019.

Irish residents took 46% fewer domestic overnight holiday trips and business trips were down by 70% in 2021 when compared with two years earlier. For outbound trips the decrease was greater, with both holiday and business trips taken by Irish residents in 2021 down 81% when compared with 2019."

For further information contact:

Brendan Curtin (+353) 21 453 5120 or James Mahon (+353) 21 453 5463

or email tourism@cso.ie

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