Irish households expected to spend €6.5bn on holidays this year - report

Irish households are expected to spend €6.5 billion on holiday trips this year. The figure is up on the €6 billion spent on holidays last year, a figure last seen in 2007.

The latest Consumer Market Monitor (CMM), published by the Marketing Institute of Ireland and UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School shows that overseas trips are up by 7.4% in 2019, signalling a potential rise in spending to €6.5 billion.