Written answers
Tuesday, 15 February 2005
Department of An Taoiseach
Tourism Revenue
9:00 pm
Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael)
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Question 174: To ask the Taoiseach the value of inward bound tourism to Ireland each year for the past five years [4559/05]
Tom Kitt (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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The latest Central Statistics Office figures on expenditure by overseas visitors relate to the period ending 30 September 2004.
| Estimated number of overseas visits to Ireland and expenditure by overseas visitors to Ireland: 1999-2003. | ||
| Visits '000 | Expenditure â¬m | |
| 1999 | 6,068 | 2,280 |
| 2000 | 6,310 | 2,617 |
| 2001 | 5,990 | 2,893 |
| 2002 | 6,065 | 3,045 |
| 2003 | 6,369 | 3,198 |
Figures for the first nine months of 2004 show that there were 5,147,000 overseas visits to Ireland with an estimated expenditure of â¬2,555 million. This compares to 5,009,000 overseas visits in the first nine months of 2003 with an estimated expenditure of â¬2,542 million. Expenditure figures for the fourth quarter of 2004 will be published before the end of March.
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