Overseas visitors to Ireland in June spent almost €1,400 each during one-week stay

Residents of the US and Canada accounted for nearly half of the overall tourism spend, at €409.1m.

Tourists visiting Ireland in June stayed here for roughly a week on average and spent €1,357 each, new statistics show.

More than one third (36.8%) of the 619,900 foreign resident visitors to Ireland in June were from Great Britain, with a further 23.9% from the United States, and 7.2% from Germany, the Central Statistics Office said.