Five-fold increase in overseas arrivals during July

Over the course of July, some 1,783,600 passengers arrived by air, while 181,800 travelled to Ireland by sea.

Ireland experienced a five-fold increase in overseas arrivals during July as tourists arrived for the first holiday season since the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) revealed that more than 1,965,400 passengers arrived in Ireland on overseas routes.