Number of overseas trips to Ireland rises 2.4%

There were 555,100 overseas trips to Ireland in October 2004 compared with 542,300 in the same month last year, an increase of 2.4%, according to figures released today by the CSO.

To the end of October there were 5,702,000 overseas trips to Ireland, an increase of 2.7% on the figure of 5,551,100 for the first 10 months of 2003.