Another record year for tourism as overseas visitors exceed 10.6m

Overseas tourism figures are set for another record year as the number of tourists visiting Ireland grew by almost 600,000 in the first nine months of 2016, bringing in added revenue of €300m to the industry.

Overseas visitors to the whole island are expected to exceed 10.6m this year, bringing total revenue of €5.7bn for both economies.

Figures published by the CSO yesterday show that spending in Ireland by overseas visitors for the first nine months of the year also rose by 9.4% compared with the corresponding period of 2015. The figures are published in the CSO’s Tourism and Travel statistics.