Tourism Data

Tuesday, 4 March 2014

Ceist:

2. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Taoiseach the top ten most visited non-English speaking countries by Irish citizens. [10683/14]

Ceist:

3. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Taoiseach the top ten non-English speaking countries of origin of tourists to Ireland. [10684/14]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 2 and 3 together.

Table 1 shows the number of overseas trips to Ireland by country of residence (top ten non-English speaking countries) for the years 2012 and 2013.

Table 1: Overseas trips to Ireland by County of residence (top ten non-english speaking countries) for the Years 2012-2013	-	000
Area of Residence	2012	2013
Overseas Trips to Ireland
Germany	448	483
France	396	434
Spain	253	263
Italy	252	234
Poland	169	160
Netherlands	143	155
Belgium	87	100
Switzerland	81	77
Sweden	75	76
Norway	51	53
Source: Overseas travel - Central Statistics Office	-	-

Table 2 shows the number of outbound trips by Irish residents to the ten most visited non-English speaking countries.

Data for 2013 will be available at the end of April 2014.

Table 2: Outbound travel by Irish residents to the ten most visited non-English speaking countries, 2012	-
	000
Outbound Trips	2012
Spain	1,407
France	602
Portugal	358
Italy	345
Germany	164
Netherlands	116
Poland	65
Austria	58
Belgium	55
Denmark/Finland/Sweden	53
Source: Household Travel Survey - Central Statistics Office	-