Ireland ranks in top 50 countries on tourism map

Ireland is among the top 50 most visited countries on the planet — and ranks higher than Portugal and Australia in global popularity.

Ireland is ranked 32 in a table of the biggest tourist destinations in the world with 7.6m visitors per year. France is the biggest visitor mecca with almost 81m visitors, while the US is runner-up with 62m.

China comes in third with over 57m visitors closely followed by Spain with over 56m.