Press Statement

Preasráiteas

22 December 2021

Go to release: Air and Sea Travel Statistics November 2021

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (22 December 2021) released Air and Sea Travel Statistics November 2021.

Commenting on the release, Gregg Patrick, Statistician, said: “The Air and Sea Travel Statistics for November 2021 show a decrease in overseas travel compared to the preceding month. In November 2021, 785,800 overseas passengers arrived in Ireland, compared to 925,500 in October 2021, a decrease of 15%. In November 2021, 785,000 overseas passengers departed from Ireland, compared to 895,100 in October 2021, a decrease of 12%.

The November 2021 statistics show that continental routes contributed most to the passenger traffic. Some 412,000 passengers arrived on continental routes and 397,300 passengers departed on continental routes. By way of contrast, 313,800 passengers arrived on cross-channel routes and 322,700 passengers departed on cross-channel routes. Just 37,300 passengers arrived on transatlantic routes and 46,700 passengers departed on these routes.

Apart from Great Britain (which accounted for all cross-channel routes), the most important routing countries for overseas travel in November 2021 were Spain (94,700 arrivals, 85,700 departures), Germany (45,800 arrivals, 47,500 departures) and France (43,900 arrivals, 47,900 departures).

When we look at the year-to-date picture (January-November 2021), the statistics show that 4,263,000 overseas passengers arrived in Ireland and 4,289,300 overseas passengers departed from Ireland. This compares to both 4.3 million arrivals and departures in the same period in 2020 and 18.8 million arrivals and departures in the same period in 2019. This illustrates the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on international travel to and from Ireland.”

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