Date Last Updated: 30-09-2024
Inbound Tourism
Inbound Tourism Annual
The purpose of the Inbound Tourism statistical series is to measure the travel patterns (trips, nights, purpose of trip, type of accommodation, expenditure, etc.) of foreign resident visitors to Ireland.
Not applicable
Monthly
All foreign resident visitors departing Ireland on overseas air and sea routes. Foreign resident visitors who depart Ireland via Northern Ireland are not covered. Foreign resident cruise excursionists who visit Ireland are also not covered.
A hybrid sample of sailings and flights is selected and a systematic sample of passengers on each is surveyed and their country of residence recorded. On selected flights, a 1 in 5 systematic sample of passengers is selected. On sailings, as many passengers as possible are interviewed. Sample results are grossed up to total passenger numbers provided by the airports and ferry companies.
State
January 2023 to present (Monthly). 2023 (Annual).
Not applicable
Not applicable
The overall sample size of the Survey in respect of the August 2024 Inbound Travel was 16,468. The overall usable sample size of the Passenger Survey in 2023 was 125,459 passengers. Passenger Survey sample numbers by year and month is are tabulated in the sample design section of the Background Notes.
The travel patterns (trips, nights, purpose of trip, type of accommodation, expenditure, etc.) of foreign resident visitors to Ireland.
Failte Ireland, Tourism Ireland, National Accounts, Balance of Payments, Eurostat, Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Government, Economists, Academics.
Central Statistics Office
Business Statistics
Gregg Patrick
Statistician
James Mahon