Written answers
Wednesday, 10 November 2010
Department of An Taoiseach
Tourism Industry
9:00 pm
Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 108: To ask the Taoiseach the number of foreign tourists that have visited Ireland each year since 2000 to date in 2010; broken down by country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41758/10]
John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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Data on overseas travel to Ireland is published in the CSO's Overseas Travel release. This release is based on the results of the CSO's Country of Residence Survey, which is conducted at airports and seaports in the Republic of Ireland.
The most recently published figures relate to June 2010. Data in respect of July, August and September 2010 will be published on Thursday 11th November 2010.
Detailed visitor data by country of residence is only available from 2005 onwards. Therefore, to facilitate comparisons, the data is presented by broad residency group.
| Table 1: Number of Overseas visitors1 to Ireland by country of residency | ||||
| Year | Country of Residence | |||
| Great Britain | Other Europe | North America | Other Areas | |
| 2000 | 3,559,300 | 1,452,900 | 1,044,600 | 256,400 |
| 2001 | 3,462,300 | 1,356,500 | 911,700 | 259,800 |
| 2002 | 3,578,800 | 1,391,700 | 849,300 | 245,100 |
| 2003 | 3,718,900 | 1,496,800 | 904,000 | 249,300 |
| 2004 | 3,680,600 | 1,600,200 | 976,700 | 317,100 |
| 2005 | 3,824,700 | 1,912,000 | 950,800 | 290,100 |
| 2006 | 4,059,800 | 2,280,700 | 1,054,600 | 313,800 |
| 2007 | 4,031,900 | 2,590,400 | 1,073,100 | 316,800 |
| 2008 | 3,872,400 | 2,610,300 | 1,004,600 | 351,700 |
| 2009 | 3,257,000 | 2,382,300 | 980,400 | 307,900 |
| 20102 | 1,228,500 | 867,100 | 401,400 | 129,500 |
| 1 Data does not include visitors from Northern Ireland | ||||
| 2 Figures for the year up to June 2010 only |
Brian Hayes (Dublin South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 109: To ask the Taoiseach the average amount spent by foreign tourists in Ireland each year since 2000 to date in 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41760/10]
John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following table in respect of the years 2000 to 2009. Data for 2010 is not yet available.
| Overseas visits to Ireland and expenditure by overseas visitors to Ireland, 2000 - 2009 | |||||||||||
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | ||
| Total overseas visits (000s) | 6,310 | 5,990 | 6,065 | 6,369 | 6,574 | 6,977 | 7,709 | 8,012 | 7,839 | 6,927 | |
| Overseas expenditure in Ireland (€m) | 2,617 | 2,893 | 3,045 | 3,198 | 3,204 | 3,455 | 3,793 | 3,920 | 3,834 | 3,109 | |
| Average expenditure per Overseas visit (€) | 415 | 483 | 502 | 502 | 487 | 495 | 492 | 489 | 489 | 449 | |
| Total Overseas expenditure, including fare payments to Irish Carriers (€m) | 3,430 | 3,713 | 3,768 | 3,831 | 3,838 | 4,037 | 4,456 | 4,646 | 4,520 | 3,633 | |
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