Data on overseas travel to Ireland is published in the CSO's Overseas Travel release. This release is based on the results of the CSO's Country of Residence Survey, which is conducted at airports and seaports in the Republic of Ireland.
The most recently published figures relate to June 2010. Data in respect of July, August and September 2010 will be published on Thursday 11th November 2010.
Detailed visitor data by country of residence is only available from 2005 onwards. Therefore, to facilitate comparisons, the data is presented by broad residency group.
Number of Overseas visitors1 to Ireland by country of residency
Year
|
Country of Residence
|
|
Great Britain
|
Other Europe
|
North America
|
Other Areas
|
2000
|
3,559,300
|
1,452,900
|
1,044,600
|
256,400
|
2001
|
3,462,300
|
1,356,500
|
911,700
|
259,800
|
2002
|
3,578,800
|
1,391,700
|
849,300
|
245,100
|
2003
|
3,718,900
|
1,496,800
|
904,000
|
249,300
|
2004
|
3,680,600
|
1,600,200
|
976,700
|
317,100
|
2005
|
3,824,700
|
1,912,000
|
950,800
|
290,100
|
2006
|
4,059,800
|
2,280,700
|
1,054,600
|
313,800
|
2007
|
4,031,900
|
2,590,400
|
1,073,100
|
316,800
|
2008
|
3,872,400
|
2,610,300
|
1,004,600
|
351,700
|
2009
|
3,257,000
|
2,382,300
|
980,400
|
307,900
|
20102
|
1,228,500
|
867,100
|
401,400
|
129,500
|
1 Data does not include visitors from Northern Ireland.
2 Figures for the year up to June 2010 only.