Despite a 5.1% decrease in visitors in October 2024 compared to October 2023, tourists spent 3.6% more on their trips, reaching €534.3 million, according to CSO data. The average cost per trip increased to €975, up from €893.
Tourists take photographs at the edge of the Cliffs of Moher in Co Clare. Visitors to the State fell 5.1 per cent in October compared to the same month in 2023. Photograph: Pat Batard/ Hans Lucas via AFP
However, the visitors spent €534.3 million on their trips, excluding fares, which was 3.6 per cent higher than the sum recorded for October 2023. The largest contingent of visitors, or some 32.6 per cent, came from Britain, followed by the US, which accounted for 21.7 per cent of visitors, and then Germany, which accounted for 8.1 per cent.“The most important tourism market, in terms of revenue generated was North America, with visitors from the US and Canada accounting for 42.5 per cent of all visitor expenditure,” said Gregg Patrick, a statistician in the CSO’s tourism and travel division.
Visitors stayed a total of 3.9 million nights in the country, down 2.1 per cent when compared with October 2023. But the average length of stay for foreign resident overnight visitors was 7.1 nights, up from 6.9 nights in October 2023.The CSO’s inbound tourism data estimates the number of overseas foreign resident visits to Ireland and the value of these visits to Ireland’s tourism industry.
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