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

In 2021, Ireland's persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by age group increased by 46.4% compared to 2020, reaching 463,586.

Ireland accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 30,434,152.

Ireland ranks 14th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.6% (from 422,838 in 2016).

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