New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that despite the economic slowdown, the numbers of people visiting Ireland in the second quarter of this year rose by 1%.
The growth in visitors was driven by a 10% rise in tourists from Continental Europe.
But the weakness of the dollar and sterling contributed to the numbers visiting from the key markets of North America and Britain actually falling.
Tourists spent €1.3bn here during the period in question.
Eamonn McKeon from the Irish Tourism Industry Confederation warned that the second half of the year is likely to be much less positive for the industry, with figures expected to show visitor numbers falling during the peak-season summer months.
The CSO figures also show that the numbers travelling abroad from Ireland remained broadly static in the second quarter, compared to the same period last year.
In total, over 2m foreign trips were made by Irish residents during the period.
Trips on transatlantic routes rose by 30% to 115,000, driven by the strength of the euro against the dollar.
Irish tourists abroad spent roughly €1.6bn during the period.
