Irish residents took over 4.6m outbound trips in third quarter

The CSO also found that Irish residents spent a total of 12.6m nights on domestic trips between July and September

Holiday trips accounted for the largest share of domestic nights at 60%, followed by visits to friends or relatives at 29%

The number of outbound trips taken by Irish residents increased notably between July and September, growing to 4.6m in the three month period. 

New figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) found that the average length of an outbound stay decreased to 6.3 nights between July and September, down from 6.8 nights in the same period last year.