The number of passengers travelling to Ireland is still below pre-pandemic levels

Sea travel has become less popular than it was in May 2019 when compared with last months figures

Air travel maintained its dominance over sea travel as in 2019, over 1.7 million people travelled by air to Ireland and last month 1.5 million travellers chose to come to Ireland by plane.

The number of passengers travelling by air and sea are still “significantly lower” compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to the CSO.

In May 2022, almost 1.6 million overseas passengers arrived in Ireland. In May 2019, almost 1.8m people travelled to Ireland from overseas.