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29/10/2015
Tourism Figures Increase In First Nine Months Of 2015
Official figures have revealed a 12.5% increase in overseas visits to Ireland for the first nine months of the year.
Welcoming the new Central Statistics Office figures, Tourism Minister Paschal Donohoe, said: "With only a couple of months left in 2015, today's figures confirm a very strong performance by Irish tourism with all of our main overseas markets continuing to show significant growth. I am determined to maintain this positive momentum and in this regard the Tourism Leadership Group continues to work on a detailed Tourism Action Plan to ensure that the strong tourism performance is maintained."
Minister of State for Tourism, Michael Ring, added: "I am pleased to note the strong performance in our overseas visitor numbers. Our domestic holiday market is also very important and statistics released last week showed that domestic holidays trips for the first half of the year had increased by 6.5% when compared with the same period in 2014 while expenditure on domestic holidays had increased by 10.6% for the same period."
(MH/CD)
Welcoming the new Central Statistics Office figures, Tourism Minister Paschal Donohoe, said: "With only a couple of months left in 2015, today's figures confirm a very strong performance by Irish tourism with all of our main overseas markets continuing to show significant growth. I am determined to maintain this positive momentum and in this regard the Tourism Leadership Group continues to work on a detailed Tourism Action Plan to ensure that the strong tourism performance is maintained."
Minister of State for Tourism, Michael Ring, added: "I am pleased to note the strong performance in our overseas visitor numbers. Our domestic holiday market is also very important and statistics released last week showed that domestic holidays trips for the first half of the year had increased by 6.5% when compared with the same period in 2014 while expenditure on domestic holidays had increased by 10.6% for the same period."
(MH/CD)
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