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Half of September visitors from Britain and US

Some 578,100 foreign visitors completed a trip to Ireland in September 2024 – a decrease of 0.7% compared with September 2023.

The largest contingent of visitors (32.3%) came from Great Britain, followed by the United States (24.5%), and Germany (8.3%), CSO data shows.

The visitors stayed a total of 4.5 million nights in the country – down of 3.2% when compared with September 2023.

Leisure

The most frequent reason (47.4%) for travelling to Ireland was for holiday or leisure.

 The visitors spent €915.6 million in total on their trips – up 14.4% when compared with September 2023.

The average length of stay for foreign-resident overnight visitors was 7.8 nights – down from an average of 8.0 nights in September 2023.

Statistician Gregg Patrick said: “More of the visitors stayed in hotels (47.7%) than in any other accommodation type, and the typical cost of their visit was €1,584, which comprised €413 on fares, €84 on prepayments, €525 on accommodation, and €562 on day-to-day expenditure.”