Passenger arrivals to Ireland close to pre-pandemic levels for the first time via IrishTimesBiz
While there has been a recovery in both modes of travel, the recovery in air travel is “most pronounced”, the CSO said, with arrivals soaring 71.3 per cent year-on-year.2022: It was a year of soaring inflation, bumper corporation tax and the cost of living crisis. In the first of two episodes looking back on the biggest business stories of the year, Ciarán Hancock is joined by Irish Times journalists Cliff Taylor and Joe Brennan.
Britain remained the most important departure country for overseas travel to Ireland, with 521,900 passengers arriving on air and sea routes from Britain, compared to just 313,800 in November 2021. This was still below the 572,200 arrivals from Britain recorded in November 2019. Arrivals from France, which came in at 72,000 last month, are 12.9 per cent higher than the number seen in November 2019. However, passenger arrivals embarking from the US and Germany remain 9.7 per cent and 16.6 per cent lower respectively compared with November 2019.
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