Press Statement

Preasráiteas

13 May 2022

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."

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