Written answers
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Department of An Taoiseach
Tourism Data
Sandra McLellan (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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47. To ask the Taoiseach the numbers of visitors here from emerging tourism markets, in particular China, India, Brazil, Russia and South East Asia [47111/13]
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The following table shows the number of overseas trips to Ireland from China, India, Brazil, Russia and South East Asia for the years 2009 to 2012.
Table - OverseasTrips to Ireland by area of residence 2009-2012
| - | Brazil | Russian Federation | India | Peoples Republic of China | South East Asia |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2009 | 14,500 | 8,356 | 13,198 | 11,703 | 21,465 |
2010 | 17,787 | 8,215 | 13,219 | 10,472 | 24,335 |
2011 | 26,387 | 12,375 | 16,151 | 13,729 | 28,403 |
2012 | 26,162 | 11,286 | 18,659 | 15,386 | 25,166 |
Over the period 2009 to 2012 the largest increases in the number of overseas trips by area of residence were from Brazil (+80%), India (+41%), Russia (+35%), China (+31%) and South East Asia (+17%).
The data in respect of South East Asia covers the following countries: Cambodia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, East Timor, Indonesia, Philippines and Singapore.
Combined these countries/regions accounted for 96,659 overseas trips to Ireland in 2012, representing approximately 1.5% of the total number of overseas trips to Ireland in 2012 (6,517,200 trips).
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