Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 December 2017
202. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the locations from which tourists to Dublin predominantly come; the categories of tourists, such as business, leisure, sport, walking and so on that visit Dublin in terms of numbers and percentage of the total tourist make up, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52569/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy is aware, official statistics on tourism are published by the Central Statistics Office. Whilst the CSO does not currently publish statistics for overseas visitors on a county or regional basis, Fáilte Ireland uses CSO data to estimate regional figures for overseas visitors, including Dublin, which it publishes on an annual basis in its Tourism Facts release, which is available at www.failteireland.ie. This publication indicates that, in 2016, of the 5.687 million overseas visitors to Dublin, 39% came from Mainland Europe, 33% from Britain, 21% from North America and 7% from elsewhere. The release does not detail the categories of overseas tourists visiting Dublin.
