Tourism Revenue.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 February 2005

Tuesday, 15 February 2005

Ceisteanna (125)

Phil Hogan

Ceist:

174 Mr. Hogan asked the Taoiseach the value of inward bound tourism to Ireland each year for the past five years [4559/05]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Mr. Kitt)

The latest Central Statistics Office figures on expenditure by overseas visitors relate to the period ending 30 September 2004.

Estimated number of overseas visits to Ireland and expenditure by overseas visitors to Ireland: 1999-2003.

	Visits ’000	Expenditure €m
1999	6,068	2,280
2000	6,310	2,617
2001	5,990	2,893
2002	6,065	3,045
2003	6,369	3,198

Figures for the first nine months of 2004 show that there were 5,147,000 overseas visits to Ireland with an estimated expenditure of €2,555 million. This compares to 5,009,000 overseas visits in the first nine months of 2003 with an estimated expenditure of €2,542 million. Expenditure figures for the fourth quarter of 2004 will be published before the end of March.