Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 November 2025
135. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if his Department collated statistics on the number of tourists to visit Ireland in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64066/25]
View answerThe data on inbound tourists who visit Ireland from overseas are collected in the CSO’s Passenger Survey.
Inbound visitor data are not available for years 2020-2022 due to the enforced data collection restrictions during COVID and the introduction of a new Passenger Survey methodology in 2022.
Following the adoption of the new methodology, data from 2023 and 2024 show overnight visitor trips from overseas of 6.26 million and 6.59 million respectively. The 2025 figure, which covers the period January up to and including September, stands at 4.85 million. These estimates do not include visits from residents of Northern Ireland who are not captured in the Passenger Survey.
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Overnight Foreign Resident Visitors to Ireland, 2020-2025 |
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Overnight Foreign Resident Visitors (000) |
Not available due to COVID restrictions |
Not available due to COVID restrictions |
New methodology introduced with full year figures not available |
6257 |
6592 |
4851 |
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Source: Passenger Survey - Central Statistics Office, Ireland. |
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[Note 1] Overnight foreign resident visitor figures based on Passenger Survey from 2023 onwards |
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[Note 2] Northern Ireland resident visitors to Ireland are not included |
