Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes - number of tourists

In 2023, Ireland's persons participating in tourism for personal purposes increased by 48.4% compared to 2022, reaching 2,749,881.

Ireland accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 185,220,958.

Ireland ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 45.3% (from 1,892,211 in 2018).

Source: Eurostat dataset tin00185, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.