Last month saw another mixed performance for Ireland’s inbound tourist attractiveness, with visitor numbers increasing, but visitor spend in huge decline.
Furthermore, the amount of time visitors are staying – while here – is also in decline.
Latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show 604,500 overseas tourists spent time in Ireland during September.
This was up by 5% on the same month in 2024. Once again, the bulk of overseas visitors came from the UK and the US – with 36% from Britain and 25% from the US.
However, the average length of time visitors stayed for, last month, was 4.3 million nights, combined. That was down 4% on September 2024 and down 7% on September 2023.
Likewise, tourist spend is declining. Around €570m was spent here by visiting tourists last month – down a whopping 16% year-on-year and down by 5% compared to September 2023.
