New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that among the 1,288,500 passengers departing Ireland on overseas routes in February, 33.6% were foreign visitors completing their trips.
The rest were Irish residents heading abroad (59.1%) and foreign same-day visitors (7.3%).
The CSO said that amongst the 433,300 foreign visitors, some 45.9% were from Great Britain, 10.8% were from the US and 6.5% were from Spain and Portugal.
Today's CSO figures show that foreign visitors to Ireland who departed Ireland on overseas routes in February spent a total of €374.4m on their trips.
Overall, the typical foreign visitor spent €864 on their trip to Ireland, breaking down as €209 on their fare, €18 on prepayments, €264 on accommodation, and €373 on day-to-day expenses.
The foreign visitors who left Ireland on overseas routes in February spent a total of 2,669,000 nights in the country.
Among the 433,300 foreign visitors departing Ireland on overseas routes last month, more had come to visit family & friends than for any other reason.
36.5% had visiting family & friends as the main reason for their trip, while the next most likely reason was for a holiday or leisure with 35.4% of the visitors coming for this purpose. A further 20.5% of the visitors had come for business or work-related reasons.
47.3% of the foreign visitors who left the country last month had stayed in a hotel during their stay.
39.3% of the visitors had used family or own property as their main accommodation type, while 4% of the visitors used guest house/bed & breakfast as their main accommodation type, while 3.6% of the foreign visitors used self-catering rented properties as their main accommodation type.
