Holidaymakers who arrived in the Republic from abroad spent an average of €1,351 on their trips
A queue of people waiting travelling through Dublin Airport. Of the almost 2.2 million people who departed from the Republic in the month, some 737,600, or 33.6 per cent, were foreign residents completing their trip, up from 650,200 in July. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
Holiday and leisure purposes were the top reasons cited for their visits, accounting for 47.7 per cent of trips to the Republic in the month, the CSO said. The total expenditure by foreign resident overnight visitors on their trips to Ireland was €996.1 million, up from €875.4 million in July, according to the data.
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