New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that 407,700 foreign visitors completed a trip to Ireland in November, a decrease of 8.9% compared with the same time last year.
The visitors spent a total of €315.9m on their trips (excluding fares), 5.4% lower compared with the same month last year.
The CSO said the typical foreign visitor spent €1,056 (€775 excluding fares) on their trip to Ireland, breaking down as €282 on fares, €29 on prepayments, €316 on accommodation and €430 on day-to-day expenses.
The comparable mean expenditure on these items was €240, €27, €312, and €406 respectively the same time last year.
Today's CSO figures show that the largest contingent of visitors came from Great Britain (43%), followed by the US (16%) and Germany (6.7%).
The most popular reason for travelling to Ireland was to visit family or friends (36.7%). The next most likely reason was for holiday, with 34.4% of the visitors coming for this purpose, while 19% had come for business or work-related reasons.
Today's figures show that visitors stayed a total of 2.5 million nights in the country, a drop of 17.9% when compared with November 2023.
The average length of stay for foreign resident overnight visitors was 6.2 nights, down from an average of 6.9 nights last year.
More of the visitors stayed in hotels (44%) than in any other accommodation type, followed by 42.3% who had used family/friend or their own property as their main accommodation type.
5.3% of visitors used rented/self-catering as their main accommodation type, while 4.2% used guest houses or bed & breakfasts as their main accommodation type.
