Tourists in Ireland spent a total of €695m last month
Of the 1.8 million passengers departing Ireland on overseas routes during October, 577,400 were foreign visitors completing their trips here. Photo: Laura Hutton/RollingNews.ie
Foreign tourists in Ireland spent a combined €695.1m during the month of October with the majority travelling here from the UK and US, new figures show
According to the figures from the Central Statistics Office, of the 1.8 million passengers departing Ireland on overseas routes during the month, 577,400 were foreign visitors completing their trips of which 35.5% were from Britain, 21.2% were from the US, and 7.8% were from Germany.
An additional 6.2% came from Spain and Portugal with 5.1% coming from France.
Of the remaining visitors, 59.3% were Irish residents heading abroad and 9.2% were foreign same-day visitors.
The numbers are down slightly from September when 1.9 million passengers departed Ireland on overseas routes of which 582,100 were foreign visitors.
On average during October, tourists stayed for 6.9 nights spending €1,204 with €311 spent on fares, €52 on spent prepayments, €412 on accommodation, and €429 on day-to-day expenditure.
The most common reason for travelling into Ireland, from 46.5% of people, was for holiday or leisure purposes, with 31.4% of people saying they were travelling to visit friends or relatives. Work or business travel was cited by 15.9% of visitors.
