There were 445,200 foreign visitors who departed Ireland on overseas routes in December 2023.
A total of 42 per cent of the visitors were from Great Britain, 12 per cent were from the United States, and 8.6 per cent were from Spain/Portugal.
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Visitors' most frequent reason (40.6 per cent) for visiting Ireland was for visiting family & friends. The visitors stayed a total of 4,504,300 nights in the country in December 2023.
The total estimated expenditure of foreign visitors on their trips to Ireland in December 2023 was €514.5 million.
The visitors stayed on average 10.1 nights and spent on average €1,156 on their trips.
Commenting on the release, Gregg Patrick, statistician in the Tourism and Travel Division, said: “The results show that amongst the 1,484,900 passengers departing Ireland on overseas routes in December 2023, some 445,200 (30 per cent) were foreign visitors completing their trips (with the balance being Irish residents heading abroad (60.1 per cent) and foreign same-day visitors (9.9 per cent).
"Typically, their visit lasted 10.1 nights. Their most frequent reason was for visiting friends and family (40.6 per cent).
"More of the visitors stayed primarily in family/own property (45.8 per cent) than in any other accommodation type, and the mean cost of their visit was €1,156 (comprising €228 on fare, €79 on prepayments, €389 on accommodation, and €460 on day-to-day expenditure).”