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Tourism numbers fall by 2% in June on last year - CSO

The number of foreign visitors to Ireland in June was down 2% on the same time last year.

New CSO figures show that the typical foreign visitor spent €1,311 (€975 excluding fares) on their trip to Ireland in October

Foreign visitor spend up 3.6% in October to over €530m

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that 548,100 foreign visitors completed a trip to Ireland in October, a fall of 5.1% compared with the figures for October 2023.

Business • 29 Nov 24

Foreign visitors to Ireland up 3.5% in August

The number of foreign visitors to Ireland rose by 3.5% in August.

Business • 30 Sep 24

Almost a third of the tourists this July came from Great Britain

Foreign tourist numbers broadly flat in key month of July

The number of visitors to Ireland during the key tourist month of July was almost flat compared to the same month last year.

Business • 30 Aug 24

1.66 million tourists came to Ireland for the period April to June

Tourism chiefs concerned at pace of sector's recovery

The body representing the tourism industry here has said it is concerned that the recovery of the sector is still some way off the levels reached prior to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Business • 24 Aug 23

One Irish hotel wrote to the Department of Tourism to say they were seeing cancellations because visitors simply could not afford car hire costs

Tourists complain about high costs of hotels, car hire

The Department of Tourism has been inundated with complaints from tourists and members of the public about the high cost of going on holiday in Ireland.

Business • 16 Sep 22

More than 77,000 cars were imported through the port so far this year

Dublin Port's trade up 6.8% so far this year

Dublin Port has said it is on track for another record year after seeing trade volumes rise by 6.8% between January and September.

Business • 20 Oct 16

Burberry has been one of the best performing stocks since Britain voted to leave the European Union in June

Weak pound drives strong UK sales for Burberry

British luxury fashion label Burberry reported a better than expected 2% rise in retail sales in its second quarter after tourists in London took advantage of the weaker pound to buy its luxury goods.

Business • 18 Oct 16

Ushio Azaki (L) and Eiji Takagi failed to show up for their flight out of Shannon Aiport on 24 August

Search for missing Japanese tourist stood down

The search for a missing Japanese tourist feared drowned in the sea off Co Clare has been formally stood down after 21 days.

News • 15 Sep 15

45 hotel deals completed so far this year

Hoteliers made the most of a good summer with about 87% of hotels and guesthouses reporting higher business levels, according to the Irish Hotels Federation.

Business • 26 Sep 14

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