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Irish residents spent 36.7 million nights on domestic trips last year - up 8.2% on the previous year

Domestic trips by Irish residents up 8.2% in 2024 - CSO

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that Irish residents spent a total of 36.7 million nights on domestic trips in 2024, an 8.2% increase compared with the previous year.

Business • 20 Mar

The average length of stay on domestic trips decreased from 2.2 nights in the second quarter of 2023 to 2 nights in the second quarter of 2024

8.6 million nights spent on domestic trips in Q2 - CSO

New Central Statistics Office figures show that Irish residents spent a total of 8.6 million nights on domestic trips in the second quarter of this year, up 5% compared with the number of nights spent in the second quarter of 2023.

Business • 15 Oct 24

Irish residents took 14.3 million domestic overnight trips in 2023, up from 13.3 million trips in 2022

€3.1 billion spent on domestic overnight trips last year

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that Irish residents spent a total of €3.1 billion on domestic overnight trips last year.

Business • 03 May 24

A total of 2.5 million nights were spent in hotels here by Irish residents in the third quarter of last year

Level of domestic trips continue to recover - CSO

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show the continued growth in domestic travel in the first nine months of 2023 after the disruption caused by Covid-19 restrictions the previous two years.

Business • 21 Feb 24

14.7% of the 3 million bed nights reported in the second quarter of the year were spent in hotels, new CSO figures show

Almost one million domestic trips recorded in Q2

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show a big gain in the number of trips made in Ireland in the second quarter of 2021 compared to 2020, but the numbers still remain much lower than the same time in 2019.

Business • 05 Oct 21

Irish residents took more than 5.3 million domestic trips in the third and fourth quarters of 2020, down 19% on 2019

Domestic trips down 19% in second half of 2020 - CSO

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that Irish residents took more than 5.3 million domestic trips in the third and fourth quarters of 2020, a decrease of almost 19% compared with the same time in 2019.

Business • 26 Apr 21

Irish residents took more than 10.9 million domestic trips last year, new CSO figures show

Good summer boosted number of domestic trips last year

The number of staycations increased by 13.4% last year as the record beating summer weather encouraged people to stay and holiday in Ireland.

Business • 19 Jun 19

a total of 1.6 million overseas trips were made by Irish people in the first quarter, new CSO figures show

Timing of Easter hit domestic travel in Q1 - CSO

The timing of Easter had an impact on people's travel habits, with fewer trips taken in the first three months of this year when compared to 2016.

Business • 22 Jun 17

Total expenditure on domestic trips in the second quarter totalled €366m.

Domestic trips down 6.5% in Q2 on timing of Easter

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that Irish residents took over 2 million domestic trips in the three months from April to June, down 6.5% compared to the same time last year.

Business • 11 Oct 16

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