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

In 2024, Ireland's persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by age group increased by 3.9% compared to 2023, reaching 578,508.

Ireland accounts for 1.7% of the EU-27 total of 34,851,611.

Ireland ranks 14th 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 26.5% (from 457,177 in 2019).

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