Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by age group - number of tourists

In 2018, Ireland's persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by age group increased by 4.2% compared to 2017, reaching 453,335.

Ireland accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 34,721,031.

Ireland ranks 18th 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 23.9% (from 365,887 in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset tin00187, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.