Visits To Ireland For September Fall To 2004 Levels

In September, the number of overseas trips to Ireland fell by 13.9% to 594,600 from twelve months earlier and this was virtually the same as the number of trips to Ireland in September 2004 (596,000).

The number of trips to Ireland by residents of Great Britain fell by 14.8% to 271,600 while those from other European countries were down 17% to 192,300. Trips by residents of North America fell by 2.2% to 99,700.

Irish residents made 628,800 overseas trips in September 2009 and this was down by 13.4% from the same month a year earlier.

At the three quarter stage in 2009, the number of overseas trips to Ireland was down by 11.2% to 5,481,400 from the same period in 2008. In regard to overseas trips by Irish residents, the situation is quite similar where the number of trips fell by 10.7% to 5,576,400.