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

In 2019, Ireland's persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by age group increased by 0.8% compared to 2018, reaching 457,177.

Ireland accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 34,666,395.

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 19.4% (from 382,994 in 2014).

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