This chapter presents information on the tourism sector of the Irish economy. The tourism and travel information covers travel into and out of the Republic of Ireland as well as domestic trips.
| Table 22.1 Annual Overseas Arrivals and Departures by Mode and Routing Country1, 2016-2020 | ||||||||||
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| Category | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
| Arrivals | Departures | Arrivals | Departures | Arrivals | Departures | Arrivals | Departures | Arrivals | Departures | |
| Mode | ||||||||||
| Air | 16,232.4 | 16,318.9 | 17,076.0 | 17,139.8 | 18,102.2 | 18,180.6 | 18,907.5 | 18,975.1 | 4,135.7 | 4,114.7 |
| Sea | 1,300.2 | 1,289.2 | 1,323.3 | 1,309.0 | 1,293.7 | 1,275.7 | 1,236.2 | 1,230.3 | 324.5 | 338.0 |
| Route | ||||||||||
| Great Britain | 7,464.7 | 7,498.7 | 7,527.7 | 7,525.1 | 7,573.1 | 7,565.6 | 7,627.7 | 7,637.4 | 1,808.7 | 1,855.0 |
| Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey | 32.9 | 33.1 | 34.2 | 34.2 | 33.3 | 33.7 | 32.4 | 33.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| Cross-Channel | 7,497.6 | 7,531.9 | 7,562.0 | 7,559.2 | 7,606.5 | 7,599.3 | 7,660.1 | 7,670.5 | 1,812.3 | 1,858.9 |
| Austria | 65.4 | 66.3 | 68.8 | 68.6 | 84.9 | 85.7 | 128.5 | 129.4 | 34.7 | 33.9 |
| Belgium | 252.6 | 253.1 | 253.3 | 251.1 | 255.1 | 255.1 | 252.1 | 250.9 | 59.8 | 60.1 |
| Bulgaria | 22.3 | 22.2 | 48.3 | 48.1 | 51.1 | 50.9 | 55.7 | 55.4 | 16.4 | 15.5 |
| Cyprus | 2.0 | 2.0 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 18.7 | 18.3 | 18.1 | 18.0 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| Czech Republic | 96.2 | 97.1 | 99.3 | 101.7 | 103.1 | 106.7 | 104.5 | 107.0 | 23.7 | 22.9 |
| Germany | 992.9 | 996.2 | 1,062.3 | 1,069.7 | 1,259.9 | 1,271.0 | 1,256.3 | 1,261.0 | 248.7 | 251.1 |
| Denmark | 141.5 | 141.3 | 146.4 | 145.3 | 138.8 | 138.8 | 136.6 | 137.4 | 29.8 | 31.0 |
| Estonia | 10.8 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 10.8 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 |
| Spain | 1,966.7 | 1,969.1 | 2,077.0 | 2,077.1 | 2,171.4 | 2,171.6 | 2,335.5 | 2,334.5 | 412.6 | 392.7 |
| Finland | 46.2 | 47.7 | 54.2 | 56.6 | 60.9 | 67.1 | 57.0 | 61.8 | 9.4 | 9.5 |
| France | 1,124.9 | 1,131.3 | 1,117.2 | 1,122.6 | 1,160.4 | 1,175.0 | 1,210.3 | 1,221.4 | 238.4 | 241.7 |
| Greece | 69.0 | 69.0 | 78.4 | 78.3 | 83.8 | 82.9 | 105.2 | 105.3 | 36.3 | 35.5 |
| Croatia | 55.1 | 54.4 | 67.1 | 65.8 | 80.9 | 80.1 | 119.2 | 116.3 | 9.9 | 10.1 |
| Hungary | 116.5 | 114.4 | 119.0 | 116.5 | 119.0 | 119.1 | 143.3 | 142.5 | 43.8 | 41.2 |
| Italy | 652.7 | 648.0 | 680.9 | 682.0 | 737.2 | 737.8 | 806.1 | 804.8 | 163.9 | 159.9 |
| Lithuania | 87.6 | 90.0 | 86.6 | 88.6 | 86.6 | 87.9 | 86.6 | 88.0 | 40.7 | 39.9 |
| Luxembourg | 16.6 | 17.4 | 18.4 | 18.9 | 32.0 | 31.6 | 45.9 | 45.7 | 8.9 | 8.8 |
| Latvia | 58.4 | 60.0 | 57.1 | 58.5 | 55.9 | 57.0 | 73.7 | 77.4 | 29.5 | 30.5 |
| Malta | 38.9 | 39.1 | 40.8 | 41.0 | 40.2 | 40.8 | 53.3 | 53.6 | 15.5 | 15.7 |
| Netherlands | 615.6 | 613.7 | 687.6 | 687.1 | 737.9 | 735.0 | 741.5 | 743.8 | 216.2 | 216.6 |
| Poland | 527.2 | 529.5 | 512.2 | 511.1 | 487.9 | 492.2 | 512.1 | 516.0 | 207.4 | 207.1 |
| Portugal | 483.6 | 485.0 | 544.4 | 547.5 | 562.3 | 565.0 | 682.5 | 686.8 | 121.1 | 115.9 |
| Romania | 90.1 | 88.0 | 113.3 | 110.5 | 116.7 | 113.0 | 120.3 | 117.6 | 53.7 | 55.0 |
| Sweden | 54.2 | 55.3 | 75.6 | 75.6 | 78.8 | 80.6 | 85.3 | 87.8 | 17.9 | 19.2 |
| Slovenia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Slovakia | 67.0 | 66.5 | 65.5 | 66.3 | 65.4 | 65.9 | 63.7 | 63.4 | 18.7 | 18.1 |
| EU27 | 7,653.7 | 7,667.7 | 8,091.3 | 8,106.1 | 8,599.9 | 8,640.2 | 9,203.6 | 9,236.3 | 2,064.2 | 2,039.9 |
| Iceland | 39.2 | 39.2 | 68.9 | 67.3 | 110.4 | 111.4 | 73.2 | 73.6 | 9.7 | 9.9 |
| Norway | 71.8 | 74.1 | 74.6 | 74.4 | 72.9 | 73.9 | 69.2 | 69.7 | 9.9 | 10.5 |
| Switzerland | 213.2 | 217.8 | 220.2 | 224.5 | 242.4 | 242.3 | 251.2 | 252.3 | 54.1 | 54.6 |
| Other Europe | 22.4 | 18.9 | 32.4 | 28.7 | 41.1 | 38.2 | 85.8 | 83.9 | 31.6 | 30.3 |
| Continental | 8,000.3 | 8,017.6 | 8,487.5 | 8,501.1 | 9,066.7 | 9,106.0 | 9,683.0 | 9,715.8 | 2,169.5 | 2,145.2 |
| Canada | 166.7 | 171.3 | 202.2 | 211.4 | 236.4 | 244.7 | 259.4 | 266.7 | 26.7 | 27.3 |
| United States | 1,383.4 | 1,402.8 | 1,628.1 | 1,652.4 | 1,871.2 | 1,889.9 | 1,891.7 | 1,913.3 | 280.2 | 267.7 |
| Other Transatlantic | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 9.7 | 9.8 |
| Transatlantic | 1,553.3 | 1,577.8 | 1,832.8 | 1,866.5 | 2,110.0 | 2,136.9 | 2,155.6 | 2,184.7 | 307.0 | 295.1 |
| Qatar | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.4 | 30.4 | 59.7 | 55.3 | 77.7 | 69.5 | 26.9 | 18.5 |
| Turkey | 96.4 | 97.5 | 96.3 | 100.8 | 114.5 | 118.8 | 138.3 | 138.9 | 44.2 | 43.4 |
| United Arab Emirates | 350.6 | 349.0 | 363.5 | 363.5 | 364.0 | 361.1 | 330.9 | 327.0 | 90.6 | 81.7 |
| Other countries | 34.4 | 34.3 | 25.9 | 27.3 | 74.5 | 78.9 | 98.2 | 99.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Other | 481.4 | 480.9 | 517.1 | 521.9 | 612.7 | 614.1 | 645.1 | 634.3 | 171.4 | 153.3 |
| All | 17,532.6 | 17,608.1 | 18,399.4 | 18,448.8 | 19,395.9 | 19,456.3 | 20,143.7 | 20,205.3 | 4,460.2 | 4,452.6 |
| Source: CSO | ||||||||||
| 1The collection of Tourism Statistics at air and sea ports was suspended in March 2020, to protect CSO enumerators and the travelling public. As a result, the details of travel to Ireland classified by country of residence, which were previously presented in the monthly Overseas Travel release, are no longer collected and that release is indefinitely suspended. | ||||||||||
During the year 2020, 4.5 million overseas passengers arrived in Ireland and 4.5 million overseas passengers departed. These represent decreases of 77.9% and 78.0% respectively compared to 2019 when over 20 million passengers both arrived and departed.
The most important staging countries for persons travelling overseas to Ireland in 2020 were Great Britain (1,808,700), Spain (412,600) and United States (280,200). The most important staging countries for persons travelling overseas from Ireland were Great Britain (1,855,000), Spain (392,700) and United States (267,700).
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| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| Cross-Channel | 7.4976 | 7.5620 | 7.6065 | 7.6601 | 1.8123 |
| Continental | 8.0003 | 8.4875 | 9.0667 | 9.6830 | 2.1695 |
| Transatlantic | 1.5533 | 1.8328 | 2.1100 | 2.1556 | 0.3070 |
| Other | 0.4814 | 0.5171 | 0.6127 | 0.6451 | 0.1714 |
| Table 22.2 Overseas Arrivals by Year, Month and Routing Country, 2019-20211 | ||||||||||||||
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| Routing country | Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| Great Britain | 2019 | 491.8 | 526.8 | 610.2 | 661.7 | 666.7 | 642.5 | 798.2 | 799.0 | 607.6 | 629.7 | 572.2 | 621.2 | 7,627.7 |
| 2020 | 498.7 | 532.6 | 272.3 | 9.3 | 16.4 | 32.3 | 97.1 | 112.6 | 77.0 | 56.4 | 38.8 | 65.1 | 1,808.7 | |
| 2021 | 15.1 | 13.2 | 17.5 | 21.6 | 32.4 | 57.7 | 122.7 | 280.3 | ||||||
| Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey | 2019 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 32.4 |
| 2020 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.6 | |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||||
| Belgium | 2019 | 19.3 | 20.0 | 23.3 | 22.1 | 21.1 | 19.7 | 21.8 | 20.0 | 19.5 | 22.3 | 21.6 | 21.5 | 252.1 |
| 2020 | 19.2 | 19.7 | 8.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 59.8 | |
| 2021 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 7.6 | ||||||
| Germany | 2019 | 82.5 | 81.8 | 104.3 | 116.8 | 113.4 | 113.5 | 126.2 | 126.1 | 114.4 | 107.3 | 83.2 | 86.9 | 1,256.3 |
| 2020 | 76.9 | 75.7 | 36.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 9.8 | 17.0 | 12.3 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 248.7 | |
| 2021 | 5.0 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 6.8 | 17.2 | 39.7 | ||||||
| Spain | 2019 | 121.3 | 107.5 | 137.2 | 195.9 | 215.4 | 267.5 | 292.9 | 301.9 | 244.7 | 224.3 | 127.7 | 99.3 | 2,335.5 |
| 2020 | 119.5 | 110.1 | 67.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 23.0 | 33.6 | 19.0 | 13.7 | 12.0 | 13.1 | 412.6 | |
| 2021 | 14.7 | 5.6 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 14.5 | 42.3 | 96.1 | ||||||
| France | 2019 | 64.7 | 62.8 | 87.8 | 114.6 | 107.4 | 128.4 | 160.4 | 151.2 | 111.5 | 94.0 | 63.8 | 63.7 | 1,210.3 |
| 2020 | 66.8 | 64.2 | 32.6 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 3.0 | 13.2 | 22.0 | 14.4 | 7.7 | 3.8 | 8.7 | 238.4 | |
| 2021 | 9.8 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 1.5 | 5.6 | 23.1 | 53.7 | ||||||
| Italy | 2019 | 40.2 | 43.9 | 48.6 | 65.7 | 70.4 | 86.1 | 101.2 | 99.6 | 84.8 | 74.4 | 49.7 | 41.6 | 806.1 |
| 2020 | 47.2 | 43.8 | 5.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 6.9 | 27.3 | 22.4 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 163.9 | |
| 2021 | 3.2 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 4.8 | 14.9 | 27.0 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 2019 | 56.2 | 54.9 | 63.1 | 63.7 | 62.3 | 61.9 | 70.1 | 64.4 | 62.0 | 64.4 | 60.9 | 57.7 | 741.5 |
| 2020 | 57.2 | 56.9 | 27.2 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 4.4 | 9.4 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 8.9 | 8.6 | 14.7 | 216.2 | |
| 2021 | 9.2 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 10.0 | 18.5 | 63.6 | ||||||
| Poland | 2019 | 44.5 | 35.6 | 40.1 | 43.1 | 44.2 | 40.2 | 43.0 | 45.7 | 43.0 | 44.8 | 42.9 | 45.0 | 512.1 |
| 2020 | 49.6 | 41.3 | 19.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 12.7 | 31.7 | 19.6 | 13.5 | 8.1 | 11.2 | 207.4 | |
| 2021 | 11.3 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 6.5 | 12.5 | 26.0 | 69.3 | ||||||
| Portugal | 2019 | 22.4 | 20.2 | 26.1 | 61.1 | 75.0 | 82.1 | 92.5 | 95.6 | 86.9 | 68.1 | 29.1 | 23.4 | 682.5 |
| 2020 | 28.4 | 25.8 | 15.8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 7.4 | 13.0 | 11.7 | 6.6 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 121.1 | |
| 2021 | 6.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 5.4 | 13.1 | 32.2 | ||||||
| Other EU | 2019 | 87.3 | 79.4 | 94.6 | 104.0 | 120.0 | 139.8 | 156.7 | 161.9 | 146.8 | 124.0 | 92.5 | 100.2 | 1,407.3 |
| 2020 | 90.6 | 84.5 | 43.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 2.4 | 24.8 | 60.5 | 40.6 | 22.5 | 11.4 | 13.5 | 396.1 | |
| 2021 | 14.7 | 6.0 | 6.9 | 10.3 | 13.3 | 22.2 | 48.9 | 122.3 | ||||||
| Switzerland | 2019 | 17.3 | 16.9 | 20.5 | 22.2 | 22.1 | 23.3 | 28.1 | 26.7 | 23.4 | 21.6 | 13.4 | 15.8 | 251.2 |
| 2020 | 18.0 | 17.9 | 8.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 54.1 | |
| 2021 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 5.1 | 9.1 | ||||||
| Other Europe | 2019 | 15.5 | 14.7 | 18.0 | 17.5 | 20.2 | 23.1 | 21.4 | 26.3 | 23.5 | 19.1 | 15.1 | 13.8 | 228.2 |
| 2020 | 13.6 | 14.0 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 51.1 | |
| 2021 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 16.0 | ||||||
| United States | 2019 | 90.5 | 76.9 | 133.0 | 154.5 | 199.1 | 214.7 | 199.7 | 214.9 | 200.4 | 157.8 | 124.7 | 125.7 | 1,891.7 |
| 2020 | 92.5 | 80.9 | 54.4 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 8.1 | 10.0 | 8.6 | 5.1 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 280.2 | |
| 2021 | 4.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 4.9 | 11.0 | 26.7 | 54.6 | ||||||
| Other Transatlantic | 2019 | 7.9 | 6.5 | 10.4 | 17.5 | 26.6 | 35.8 | 38.5 | 39.5 | 38.8 | 23.1 | 9.1 | 10.2 | 263.8 |
| 2020 | 8.0 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.7 | 26.9 | |
| 2021 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | ||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 2019 | 29.0 | 21.2 | 26.3 | 25.9 | 24.3 | 28.5 | 33.6 | 37.0 | 28.5 | 22.5 | 25.3 | 28.8 | 330.9 |
| 2020 | 28.5 | 24.5 | 19.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 4.6 | 90.6 | |
| 2021 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 7.0 | 19.6 | ||||||
| Other Routes | 2019 | 21.7 | 16.7 | 20.8 | 23.8 | 27.4 | 30.0 | 36.5 | 42.0 | 32.3 | 27.8 | 18.8 | 16.4 | 314.2 |
| 2020 | 19.3 | 14.7 | 10.9 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 80.8 | |
| 2021 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 6.2 | 27.2 | ||||||
| All | 2019 | 1,213.2 | 1,187.3 | 1,465.9 | 1,712.9 | 1,818.9 | 1,941.1 | 2,225.9 | 2,256.5 | 1,871.1 | 1,727.1 | 1,351.4 | 1,372.6 | 20,143.7 |
| 2020 | 1,235.1 | 1,215.1 | 635.0 | 16.1 | 28.3 | 57.1 | 227.3 | 362.6 | 254.4 | 160.9 | 103.9 | 164.4 | 4,460.2 | |
| 2021 | 108.0 | 54.8 | 61.4 | 69.4 | 85.4 | 160.0 | 380.7 | 919.8 | ||||||
| Source:CSO | ||||||||||||||
| 1Data is only available up to July 2021 at time of publication | ||||||||||||||
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| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
| Jan | 1.2132 | 1.2351 | 0.108 |
| Feb | 1.1873 | 1.2151 | 0.0548 |
| Mar | 1.4659 | 0.635 | 0.0614 |
| Apr | 1.7129 | 0.0161 | 0.0694 |
| May | 1.8189 | 0.0283 | 0.0854 |
| Jun | 1.9411 | 0.0571 | 0.16 |
| Jul | 2.2259 | 0.2273 | 0.3807 |
| Aug | 2.2565 | 0.3626 | |
| Sep | 1.8711 | 0.2544 | |
| Oct | 1.7271 | 0.1609 | |
| Nov | 1.3514 | 0.1039 | |
| Dec | 1.3726 | 0.1644 |
| Table 22.3 Overseas Departures by Year, Month and Routing Country, 2019-20211 | ||||||||||||||
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| Routing country | Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total |
| Great Britain | 2019 | 538.9 | 525.8 | 601.5 | 662.0 | 649.6 | 702.1 | 729.7 | 796.3 | 647.3 | 638.2 | 578.7 | 567.3 | 7,637.4 |
| 2020 | 545.7 | 528.4 | 257.9 | 8.8 | 18.7 | 36.8 | 82.8 | 125.4 | 93.5 | 62.5 | 39.6 | 54.8 | 1,855.0 | |
| 2021 | 36.7 | 17.2 | 20.4 | 28.0 | 36.0 | 64.5 | 110.4 | 313.2 | ||||||
| Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey | 2019 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 33.1 |
| 2020 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.9 | |
| 2021 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||||||
| Belgium | 2019 | 19.3 | 19.4 | 23.2 | 21.5 | 21.4 | 20.5 | 20.4 | 20.2 | 19.4 | 21.7 | 22.7 | 21.1 | 250.9 |
| 2020 | 19.2 | 19.2 | 8.8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 60.1 | |
| 2021 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 6.9 | ||||||
| Germany | 2019 | 79.1 | 77.9 | 102.2 | 113.5 | 114.5 | 123.5 | 125.8 | 120.1 | 114.6 | 112.0 | 86.2 | 91.7 | 1,261.0 |
| 2020 | 74.5 | 72.7 | 40.2 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 6.6 | 13.1 | 13.7 | 10.8 | 7.8 | 2.3 | 6.2 | 251.1 | |
| 2021 | 4.9 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 17.7 | 40.1 | ||||||
| Spain | 2019 | 105.5 | 109.9 | 138.2 | 209.2 | 237.6 | 279.0 | 295.5 | 273.9 | 243.8 | 208.1 | 110.4 | 123.5 | 2,334.5 |
| 2020 | 101.7 | 113.8 | 50.6 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 38.5 | 22.8 | 17.7 | 15.9 | 9.7 | 19.2 | 392.7 | |
| 2021 | 11.7 | 4.3 | 5.8 | 5.0 | 7.3 | 18.8 | 66.4 | 119.3 | ||||||
| France | 2019 | 60.4 | 60.6 | 85.7 | 112.3 | 122.9 | 150.5 | 146.4 | 152.0 | 106.5 | 88.0 | 67.1 | 69.0 | 1,221.4 |
| 2020 | 63.6 | 63.1 | 34.2 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 5.7 | 20.1 | 17.7 | 10.7 | 7.6 | 3.2 | 11.0 | 241.7 | |
| 2021 | 8.1 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 8.5 | 27.4 | 61.8 | ||||||
| Italy | 2019 | 36.5 | 43.6 | 47.8 | 69.0 | 78.9 | 88.6 | 98.4 | 96.2 | 84.2 | 68.1 | 45.7 | 47.7 | 804.8 |
| 2020 | 42.7 | 42.5 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 14.7 | 23.3 | 18.6 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 159.9 | |
| 2021 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 7.2 | 20.1 | 33.8 | ||||||
| Netherlands | 2019 | 57.4 | 54.6 | 62.5 | 61.3 | 65.0 | 67.1 | 64.2 | 66.9 | 61.0 | 65.3 | 61.3 | 57.3 | 743.8 |
| 2020 | 58.4 | 55.0 | 26.5 | 2.0 | 4.1 | 6.2 | 9.4 | 12.7 | 10.3 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 15.3 | 216.6 | |
| 2021 | 8.4 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 6.1 | 9.1 | 10.6 | 15.5 | 59.9 | ||||||
| Poland | 2019 | 38.3 | 35.9 | 39.6 | 44.8 | 45.0 | 44.4 | 46.2 | 42.4 | 40.4 | 45.0 | 41.7 | 52.4 | 516.0 |
| 2020 | 42.7 | 41.7 | 19.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 23.8 | 23.9 | 17.6 | 13.4 | 6.4 | 17.2 | 207.1 | |
| 2021 | 7.1 | 4.2 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 7.8 | 20.6 | 36.5 | 85.7 | ||||||
| Portugal | 2019 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 27.3 | 67.5 | 83.1 | 88.9 | 94.6 | 85.7 | 84.5 | 61.6 | 24.7 | 28.9 | 686.8 |
| 2020 | 23.0 | 26.8 | 13.5 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 2.8 | 11.2 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 6.5 | 4.0 | 8.1 | 115.9 | |
| 2021 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 7.0 | 20.6 | 40.6 | ||||||
| Other EU | 2019 | 81.9 | 80.3 | 93.0 | 110.9 | 131.2 | 151.6 | 164.2 | 150.5 | 132.2 | 119.8 | 91.2 | 110.5 | 1,417.2 |
| 2020 | 84.5 | 84.5 | 44.1 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 4.9 | 42.1 | 53.3 | 29.5 | 19.0 | 10.0 | 19.5 | 394.5 | |
| 2021 | 12.7 | 5.5 | 8.0 | 10.4 | 13.6 | 33.8 | 68.8 | 152.8 | ||||||
| Switzerland | 2019 | 17.7 | 16.9 | 19.9 | 20.1 | 22.1 | 25.2 | 26.3 | 27.7 | 23.3 | 22.0 | 14.1 | 17.1 | 252.3 |
| 2020 | 18.5 | 17.9 | 7.8 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 54.6 | |
| 2021 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 8.3 | ||||||
| Other Europe | 2019 | 13.6 | 14.2 | 17.1 | 17.5 | 20.5 | 24.2 | 25.3 | 23.8 | 20.6 | 19.7 | 14.0 | 16.9 | 227.2 |
| 2020 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 8.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 50.7 | |
| 2021 | 2.1 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 5.6 | 7.5 | 19.9 | ||||||
| United States | 2019 | 95.4 | 75.8 | 126.4 | 158.4 | 181.3 | 208.2 | 227.6 | 220.0 | 195.7 | 183.1 | 121.2 | 120.5 | 1,913.3 |
| 2020 | 96.4 | 79.5 | 54.6 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 6.9 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 267.7 | |
| 2021 | 7.2 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 7.7 | 18.3 | 45.7 | ||||||
| Other Transatlantic | 2019 | 7.9 | 6.7 | 10.6 | 16.9 | 26.7 | 38.1 | 41.3 | 39.9 | 36.4 | 26.7 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 271.4 |
| 2020 | 8.3 | 6.7 | 7.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 27.4 | |
| 2021 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | ||||||
| United Arab Emirates | 2019 | 28.4 | 20.8 | 22.0 | 24.5 | 19.7 | 32.5 | 33.9 | 35.0 | 27.6 | 30.2 | 23.0 | 29.4 | 327.0 |
| 2020 | 29.9 | 22.7 | 13.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.1 | 3.2 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 2.3 | 5.2 | 81.7 | |
| 2021 | 4.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 2.8 | 15.1 | ||||||
| Other Routes | 2019 | 20.8 | 16.3 | 18.3 | 23.8 | 28.1 | 32.6 | 39.6 | 36.9 | 28.8 | 28.5 | 15.3 | 18.4 | 307.3 |
| 2020 | 17.4 | 13.7 | 8.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 71.6 | |
| 2021 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.9 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 9.4 | 30.9 | ||||||
| All | 2019 | 1,221.6 | 1,181.1 | 1,436.6 | 1,736.4 | 1,851.6 | 2,081.0 | 2,183.9 | 2,191.9 | 1,869.3 | 1,739.9 | 1,328.4 | 1,383.8 | 20,205.3 |
| 2020 | 1,239.8 | 1,203.3 | 602.1 | 17.8 | 36.3 | 73.9 | 275.4 | 328.2 | 236.7 | 163.3 | 96.8 | 178.8 | 4,452.6 | |
| 2021 | 118.7 | 53.2 | 66.5 | 73.0 | 97.0 | 199.1 | 428.6 | 1,036.1 | ||||||
| Source: CSO | ||||||||||||||
| 1Data is only available up to July 2021 at time of publication | ||||||||||||||
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| Table 22.4 Domestic travel by Irish Residents - Number of Trips, Number of Nights, Expenditure & Average Length of Stay by Reason for Journey, Q1 2019 - Q4 20202 | ||||||||||||||
| '000 | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2019 | 20203 | |||||||||
| Jan-Mar | Apr-Jun | Jul-Sep | Oct-Dec | Jan-Mar | Apr-Jun | Jul-Sep | Oct-Dec | |||||||
| Total domestic - trips | 9,359 | 9,626 | 10,919 | 11,621 | 2,223 | 2,858 | 3,898 | 2,641 | 2,160 | .. | 4,188 | 1,136 | ||
| Holiday | 4,870 | 4,886 | 5,323 | 5,819 | 955 | 1,463 | 2,220 | 1,180 | 941 | .. | 2,926 | 286 | ||
| Business | 431 | 426 | 473 | 551 | 121 | 146 | 100 | 184 | 136 | .. | 44 | 40 | ||
| Visiting friends/relatives | 3,045 | 3,096 | 3,759 | 3,847 | 866 | 881 | 1,095 | 1,006 | 810 | .. | 1,120 | 557 | ||
| Other1 | 1,014 | 1,218 | 1,364 | 1,404 | 281 | 369 | 483 | 271 | 273 | .. | 99 | 253 | ||
| Total domestic - nights | 25,589 | 25,539 | 28,393 | 29,469 | 4,374 | 6,794 | 12,713 | 5,589 | 4,533 | .. | 14,777 | 3,333 | ||
| Holiday | 15,077 | 13,844 | 15,058 | 16,003 | 1,859 | 3,791 | 7,948 | 2,405 | 1,901 | .. | 10,801 | 633 | ||
| Business | 764 | 745 | 779 | 879 | 180 | 227 | 154 | 318 | 238 | .. | 115 | 167 | ||
| Visiting friends/relatives | 7,238 | 7,689 | 9,000 | 8,836 | 1,792 | 1,789 | 3,102 | 2,152 | 1,698 | .. | 3,633 | 1,674 | ||
| Other1 | 2,511 | 3,261 | 3,557 | 3,752 | 542 | 986 | 1,508 | 715 | 695 | .. | 228 | 859 | ||
| €million | ||||||||||||||
| Total domestic - expenditure | 1,797.7 | 1,879.1 | 2,006.0 | 2,146.6 | 361.9 | 501.7 | 824.9 | 458.1 | 359.8 | .. | 994.4 | 172.2 | ||
| Holiday | 1,135.8 | 1,129.2 | 1,232.6 | 1,335.9 | 211.5 | 302.8 | 555.6 | 266.0 | 208.7 | .. | 843.0 | 73.1 | ||
| Business | 106.3 | 123.3 | 116.9 | 124.9 | 26.2 | 35.5 | 23.6 | 39.6 | 34.6 | .. | 12.4 | 11.0 | ||
| Visiting friends/relatives | 297.0 | 353.1 | 352.9 | 371.8 | 70.3 | 78.3 | 132.0 | 91.3 | 53.9 | .. | 122.1 | 45.5 | ||
| Other1 | 258.6 | 273.4 | 303.6 | 314.1 | 54.0 | 85.2 | 113.8 | 61.2 | 62.7 | .. | 16.9 | 42.5 | ||
| Nights | ||||||||||||||
| Average length of stay | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | .. | 3.5 | 2.9 | ||
| Holiday | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 2.0 | .. | 3.7 | 2.2 | ||
| Business | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | .. | 2.6 | 4.1 | ||
| Visiting friends/relatives | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 2.1 | .. | 3.2 | 3.0 | ||
| Other1 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.5 | .. | 2.3 | 3.4 | ||
| Source: CSO | ||||||||||||||
| 1 Other includes Education & Training, Sporting Events, Work/Looking for work, Health & Medical, Religious, Shopping and other reasons not elsewhere specified. | ||||||||||||||
| 2Data for 2018 -2020 is interim and may be subject to future revision. | ||||||||||||||
| 3Data was not collected for Quarter 2 2020/ Data for March 2020 is estimated. | ||||||||||||||
Irish residents took more than 5.3 million domestic trips in the third and fourth quarters of 2020, a decrease of 18.6% when compared with the same period in 2019. These trips resulted in just over 18 million bed nights, which was the same amount as in the second half of 2019. Total expenditure on domestic trips in Q3 and Q4 2020 amounted to €1,167 million. Those on holidays accounted for €916 million of this, while those visiting friends or relatives spent €168 million. When compared with the same period in 2019, expenditure on holidays was up 11.5%, while spending on trips to visit friends or relatives was down by a quarter (-24.9%).
Due to the impact of COVID-19, overseas trip data from Q2 2020 is currently unavailable along with Q2 2020 domestic trip data. Therefore no annual results for 2020 are available at this time.
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| X-axis label | Quarter 3 | Quarter 4 |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3.1750 | 2.0410 |
| 2017 | 3.0330 | 2.3220 |
| 2018 | 3.8070 | 2.4410 |
| 2019 | 3.8980 | 2.6410 |
| 2020 | 4.1880 | 1.1360 |
| Table 22.5 Domestic travel by Irish Residents - Number of Trips, Number of Nights & Average Length of Stay by Type of Accommodation, Q1 2019 - Q4 20202 | ||||||||||||||
| '000 | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2019 | 20203 | |||||||||
| Jan-Mar | Apr-Jun | Jul-Sep | Oct-Dec | Jan-Mar | Apr-Jun | Jul-Sep | Oct-Dec | |||||||
| Total domestic - trips | 9,359 | 9,626 | 10,919 | 11,621 | 2,223 | 2,858 | 3,898 | 2,641 | 2,160 | .. | 4,188 | 1,136 | ||
| Hotel | 3,666 | 3,894 | 4,226 | 4,553 | 1,044 | 1,041 | 1,248 | 1,220 | 920 | .. | 1,362 | 325 | ||
| Self-catering/rented house | 864 | 895 | 853 | 900 | 100 | 200 | 479 | 120 | 168 | .. | 668 | 79 | ||
| Friends/relatives | 3,256 | 3,096 | 3,825 | 4,074 | 890 | 950 | 1,195 | 1,038 | 856 | .. | 1,250 | 595 | ||
| Other1 | 1,573 | 1,741 | 2,015 | 2,095 | 189 | 667 | 976 | 263 | 216 | .. | 908 | 137 | ||
| Total domestic - nights | 25,589 | 25,539 | 28,393 | 29,469 | 4,374 | 6,794 | 12,713 | 5,589 | 4,533 | .. | 14,777 | 3,333 | ||
| Hotel | 7,143 | 7,228 | 7,837 | 8,297 | 1,731 | 1,958 | 2,577 | 2,032 | 1,547 | .. | 3,284 | 567 | ||
| Self-catering/rented house | 3,822 | 3,952 | 3,537 | 3,503 | 267 | 737 | 2,156 | 343 | 540 | .. | 3,398 | 399 | ||
| Friends/relatives | 8,543 | 8,305 | 9,459 | 10,156 | 1,881 | 2,127 | 3,771 | 2,377 | 1,904 | .. | 4,491 | 1,820 | ||
| Other1 | 6,082 | 6,054 | 7,560 | 7,514 | 495 | 1,972 | 4,210 | 837 | 542 | .. | 3,604 | 547 | ||
| Nights | ||||||||||||||
| Average length of stay | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 2.1 | 2.1 | .. | 3.5 | 2.9 | ||
| Hotel | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.7 | .. | 2.4 | 1.7 | ||
| Self-catering/rented house | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | .. | 5.1 | 5.0 | ||
| Friends/relatives | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 2.3 | 2.2 | .. | 3.6 | 3.1 | ||
| Other1 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 2.5 | .. | 4.0 | 4.0 | ||
| Source: CSO | ||||||||||||||
| 1Other includes stays in Caravan/Camping, Guesthouse/B&B, Own Holiday Home, Health Farm/Spa, Ship/Cruise and other types of accommodation not elsewhere specified. | ||||||||||||||
| 2Data for 2018 - 2020 is interim and may be subject to future revision. | ||||||||||||||
| 3 Data was not collected for Quarter 2 2020/ Data for March 2020 is estimated. | ||||||||||||||
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