Date Last Updated: 24-04-2020
To provide country of residence analyses of arriving and departing overseas travellers into and out of Ireland.
Not applicable
Monthly
All overseas travel into and out of Ireland by Irish Residents and Non Residents. However, travel by residents of Northern Ireland into or out of the Republic of Ireland and domestic travel within the Republic of Ireland is excluded.
A sample of sailings and flights is selected and a systematic sample of passengers on each is surveyed. On the selected sailings/flights, a 1 in 5 systematic sample of passengers is selected and their country of residence is recorded. Sample results are grossed up to total passenger numbers provided by the airports and ferry companies.
State
2016 - 2020 on StatBank (monthly), 2008 - 2018 on StatBank (quarterly), 2008 - 2019 on StatBank (annual), 2000 - 2018 in Statistical Releases (monthly and three month rolling series).
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The sample size for the Overseas Travel release in respect of February 2020 was just below 26,700 passengers.
Overseas Trips to Ireland by Area of Residence, Irish Residents' Trips Overseas.
Failte Ireland, Tourism Ireland, National Accounts, Balance of Payments, Eurostat, Government, Economists, Academics.
Central Statistics Office
Business Statistics
Gregg Patrick
Statistician
James Mahon