Written answers
Wednesday, 26 January 2011
Department of An Taoiseach
Tourism Statistics
7:00 pm
Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 1: To ask the Taoiseach the number of tourists who visited this country in each of the past three seasons to date in 2011; the locations from whence they came; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4201/11]
John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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Data on overseas visitors to and from Ireland is available from the CSO's Overseas Travel and Tourism & Travel Releases.
The results are based on a continuous passenger survey conducted on selected incoming and departing sailings and flights at Irish ports and airports.
The following table presents data on the number of overseas visitors to Ireland for each calendar quarter between Q1 2008 and Q3 2010 by the four main visitor regions. Data for Q4 2010 will be available before the end of February 2011.
Overseas Visits to Ireland by Non-Residents | |||||||||||||||
'000 | |||||||||||||||
2008 | 2009 | 2010 | |||||||||||||
Visits | |||||||||||||||
Jan-Mar | Apr-Jun | Jul-Sep | Oct-Dec | Jan-Mar | Apr-Jun | Jul-Sep | Oct-Dec | Jan-Mar | Apr-Jun | Jul-Sep | |||||
Total Overseas Visits | 1,542 | 2,159 | 2,472 | 1,665 | 1,402 | 1,902 | 2,177 | 1,446 | 1,085 | 1,541 | 1,997 | ||||
Area of Residence | |||||||||||||||
Great Britain | 849 | 1,023 | 1,149 | 851 | 722 | 858 | 956 | 720 | 527 | 702 | 853 | ||||
Other Europe | 480 | 729 | 840 | 561 | 489 | 658 | 757 | 478 | 367 | 501 | 701 | ||||
USA & Canada | 156 | 312 | 357 | 179 | 142 | 305 | 356 | 177 | 137 | 264 | 333 | ||||
Other Areas | 57 | 95 | 126 | 73 | 49 | 80 | 107 | 71 | 54 | 75 | 110 | ||||
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