Wednesday 30 April 2014

Ireland aims to exceed 7.5 million overseas visit by 2016

IrelandSince the new Government came to office in 2011 the number of overseas visits has increased from 6 million to 7 million in Ireland and we aim to exceed 7.5 million by 2016, Minister for Transport, Tourism & Sport Leo Varadkar said following the latest CSO tourism figures. The revenue associated with these overseas visits, excluding fares, rose by 9.6% between 2010 and 2013.
The new figures show that overseas visitors to Ireland increased by 7.3% in the first three months of the year. More than 1.34 million overseas visitors came to Ireland in the first quarter of 2014 (an increase of 7.3% compared to Q1- 2013).


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