Tourist spending up in October despite visitor drop-off

Spending by foreign tourists increased to €53.3m, up 3.6% year on year

Foreign visitor numbers to Ireland was down over 5% in October compared to last year. 

Spending by foreign tourists increased during October to €534.3m despite a drop-off in the number of people completing a trip to Ireland, new data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows.

According to the data, 548,100 foreign visitors completed a trip to Ireland during October — a fall of 5.1% compared to the same month last year. Cumulatively, these tourists spent €534.3m — which excludes the cost of fares to come here — which is up 3.6% year-on-year.