Participation in tourism for personal purposes - % of total population

In 2021, Ireland's participation in tourism for personal purposes increased by 26.0% compared to 2020, reaching 45.8.

Ireland accounts for 111.9% of the EU-27 total of 41.0.

Ireland ranks 9th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.3% (from 46.9 in 2016).

Source: Eurostat dataset tin00186, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.