Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes - number of tourists

In 2024, Ireland's persons participating in tourism for personal purposes decreased by 10.6% compared to 2023, reaching 2,458,676.

Ireland accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 188,318,376.

Ireland ranks 15th 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 31.1% (from 1,874,734 in 2019).

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