Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 October 2009
159 Deputy Mary Upton asked the Taoiseach the number of tourists from European Union countries over the age of 66 years who have visited here in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36794/09]
View answerThe CSO's monthly Overseas Travel release contains data on the number of visitors to Ireland classified by their country of residence. The results are obtained from the CSO's Country of Residence Survey which is carried out continuously at the airports and ports in the Republic of Ireland. The following table shows the results classified by country of residence of visitors to Ireland, from 2004 to 2008. The survey was redesigned in 2005 to give a more detailed breakdown by country. A breakdown by age of visitors is not available from this survey.
Fáilte Ireland's Survey of Travellers does give an age breakdown. This is a survey of departing passengers who have spent at least one night in the Republic of Ireland. The Fáilte Ireland survey estimated in 2008 that 3% of visitors from Mainland Europe (including non-EU countries) were aged 65 or over; and that 14% of visitors from Great Britain were aged 65 or over.
|
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
|
|
Total Overseas |
6,574,000 |
6,977,000 |
7,709,000 |
8,012,000 |
7,839,000 |
|
EU Total |
— |
5,616,300 |
6,206,300 |
6,455,100 |
6,314,800 |
|
Austria |
33,700 |
38,400 |
50,300 |
40,800 |
52,700 |
|
Belgium |
93,000 |
86,000 |
97,100 |
82,800 |
88,600 |
|
Bulgaria |
— |
— |
— |
4,700 |
5,700 |
|
Cyprus |
— |
— |
3,200 |
3,800 |
4,100 |
|
Czech Republic |
— |
35,400 |
41,600 |
43,000 |
46,800 |
|
Denmark |
30,800 |
38,800 |
42,500 |
55,400 |
60,000 |
|
Estonia |
— |
— |
9,700 |
10,500 |
7,500 |
|
Finland |
19,400 |
— |
28,400 |
38,600 |
35,300 |
|
France |
300,800 |
306,100 |
357,800 |
397,300 |
414,700 |
|
Great Britain |
3,680,600 |
3,824,700 |
4,059,800 |
4,031,900 |
3,872,400 |
|
Germany |
303,300 |
404,300 |
422,300 |
446,200 |
467,700 |
|
Greece |
6,800 |
— |
9,100 |
11,500 |
8,900 |
|
Hungary |
— |
— |
26,900 |
30,600 |
35,300 |
|
Italy |
189,100 |
192,000 |
249,900 |
263,800 |
235,500 |
|
Latvia |
— |
— |
32,100 |
37,200 |
37,100 |
|
Lithuania |
— |
— |
29,900 |
49,200 |
37,600 |
|
Luxembourg |
7,900 |
— |
8,500 |
6,200 |
13,300 |
|
Malta |
— |
— |
3,800 |
4,500 |
6,200 |
|
Netherlands |
150,700 |
157,700 |
158,100 |
153,900 |
150,100 |
|
Poland |
— |
127,100 |
235,600 |
311,800 |
295,600 |
|
Portugal |
19,900 |
— |
29,600 |
28,700 |
33,800 |
|
Romania |
— |
— |
— |
25,800 |
25,800 |
|
Slovak Republic |
— |
— |
31,000 |
35,800 |
47,100 |
|
Slovenia |
— |
— |
2,900 |
4,200 |
7,600 |
|
Spain |
158,900 |
169,900 |
200,200 |
239,400 |
238,100 |
|
Sweden |
42,100 |
59,600 |
75,900 |
97,500 |
83,500 |
|
Baltic Countries* |
— |
62,400 |
— |
— |
— |
|
Other EU 25** |
— |
114,200 |
— |
— |
— |
Source: CSO Country of Residence Survey.
*Includes Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
**Includes Cyprus, Malta, Finland, Portugal, Greece, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia , Luxembourg.
