Significant rise in overseas visitors as number of tourists visiting Ireland rises by almost 18%
New figures released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that in the last quarter of 2015 over 300,000 extra overseas tourists visited Ireland, compared to the previous year.
The tourism sector performed very well in 2015, attracting some 8.6m tourists, a rise of 14% on 2014. The number of holiday visitors increased by 20%, with those here on business up by 12% and those visiting friends and relatives up by 4%.
