Tourism figures down by 1% in July compared to 2024, 2023
New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that 646,400 foreign visitors completed a trip to Ireland in July, a decrease of 1% when compared with the same month in both 2024 and 2023.
The CSO said the average length of stay for the tourists was 7.9 nights, down from an average of 8.1 nights in July last year and 8.7 nights in July 2023.
The number of nights spent by foreign visitors in July was almost 5.1 million nights, a decrease of 4% compared with July last year and a drop of 10% compared with July 2023.
The visitors spent €624m on their trips (excluding fares), a fall of 4% when compared with July, but up 0.4% compared with July 2023.
Today’s figures show that the most frequent reason for the visitors’ trips was for holiday or leisure (45%), while 31% of trips were to visit friends or relatives.
The CSO said the biggest number of visitors came from Great Britain (33%), followed by Continental Europe (31%), North America (30%) and the Rest of the World (6%).
When compared with July last year, the CSO noted that visitors from North America were up 13%, while visitors from Great Britain fell by 1%, visitors from Continental Europe decreased by 12%, and visitors from the Rest of the World declined by 7%.
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