10% of all US travel to Europe came to Ireland last year as tourist numbers soar
An end-of-year tourism review by Tourism Ireland revealed that 7.9m tourists visited this year — up 11% on 2014. The total tourism spend was €4.2bn — up 16%.
There has been growth in all markets with the US, Canada, Germany, France, Spain and Australia all turning in record performances. Britain, Ireland’s largest tourism market, also recorded strong growth of 10% this year.
