Overall planned capacity to the Republic of Ireland (ROI) for the first half of 2024 is expected to be 4% above the same period last year.

• Mainland Europe, North America and Rest of World markets are set to increase their seat capacity to ROI between January and June 2024 compared to 2023.
• Capacity from Great Britain is due to be 2% below the same period last year.
• Seat capacity is expected to be up at all airports, except Kerry airport, for the first half of this year.
• Planned capacity from North America is due to surpass its 2019 levels for the first time since the pandemic (+8% vs. Q1 & Q2 2019).

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Key findings from the Hotel Survey for December:

• Room occupancy dropped to 60.7% (71.2% in November).
• Bedspace demand also fell from the previous month but increased compared to last year, indicating continuing leisure travel. 
• Despite lower demand levels, ADR increased nationally to €158.75 compared to €142.76 in November this was also observed at county level.  
• RevPAR was more muted with levels down compared to
  November and unchanged when compared to last year.
• The biggest proportion of hotel guests in December came from the  Republic of Ireland, increasing from 68.2% in November to 70.5% in December

See more in the report. 

The report focuses on domestic tourism performance over the 2023 summer period, in terms of overnight stays and day trips. It also provides a view on future travel intentions in the short term.

Some of the findings are: 

• Consumer behaviour is fluid and still to find equilibrium.
• Experiences over the summer have been very positive.
• Intent is starting to track backwards.

See more in the full report. 

The CSO provides data on trips and nights based on the annual results of their Household Travel Survey (HTS) and Fáilte Ireland generates expenditure estimates based on the results of the HTS. This report follows the release of data from  HTS Quarter 4 and Year 2022. 

Irish residents took 13.3 million domestic trips in 2022, spending a total of €2.9 billion. They stayed an average of 3.0 nights per trip, a total 34.2 million nights.

See more detail by County in this report. 

Fáilte Ireland carried out a survey of the industry in September 2023. The  research found that: 

• Visitor levels in 2023 were significantly up in some sectors
• Those reporting to be up on 2022 were among inbound tour operators & DMCs (76%), hotels (75%), attractions (72%) and tour guides (72%).
• Concerns include:
  • rising costs with the food & drink sector  affected particularly hard. 
  • shortage of available and affordable accommodation with the supply shortage plus rising operating costs pushing up prices. 
• Reasons to be positive:
  • 44% of businesses expect to be up on visitors in 2024; only 21% expect to be down.

See more details in the full report. 

Some highlights from the February SOAR report: 

• Direct air access to the Island of Ireland is very positive.  Scheduled air capacity to the island of Ireland will be 106% of April 2023 levels, with 2.5 million seats filed for the month. (OAG).
• Air capacity from each of our four market areas is positive. GB (101%), Mainland Europe (108%), North America (111%) and Other Areas (121%) all filed above April 2023 levels.
• STR reports that hotel occupancy for 2023 was 78%, up +7% when compared to 2022 for Ireland.  The average daily rate in 2023 was €170, up +7% when compared to 2022. 

See more in the report. 

Key Tourism Facts 2022 is a collation of available key tourism performance data for the year 2022, with a strong focus on the domestic market and includes data on: 

• Domestic Regional Performance 2022
• Domestic Tourism 2022
• Day Trips
• The Tourism Product
• Access to Republic of Ireland 2022
• The Economic Benefit of Tourism

The Occupancy survey for Q3 2023 found that occupancy levels remain higher or similar to 2022 in every sector. 

• Guesthouse room occupancy in Q3 2023 (83%) was similar to Q3 2022 (82%)

• B&B room occupancy (74%) in Q3 2023 was higher than in Q3 2022 (66%) – but many B&Bs have remained closed, so net occupancy comparisons should be viewed with caution
• Self-catering unit occupancy in Q3 was 77% – similar to Q3 last year (78%); 
• Hostel bed occupancy (75%) in Q3 was also similar to Q3 last year (72%) 
• Caravan & camping pitch occupancy in Q3 was 69% – slightly higher than Q3 2022 (65%); further growth could have been impacted by the poor summer weather. 
• International visitors occupied the majority of the bed spaces in Q3 in every sector except for caravan & camping.

See more in the full report. 

A one stop shop for key statistics on Ireland’s overseas and domestic tourist performance in 2019. 

Overseas Tourists 

• Tourist Numbers by source market (2015-2019)
• Tourist Revenue 
• Regional Performance by source market
• Month of arrival
• Where did overseas tourists stay
• Activities  tourists engaged in 
• Profile of tourists

Domestic 

• Domestic trips
• Domestic expenditure 
• Where domestic holidaymakers stay 
• Length of stay by time of year
• Activities domestic holidaymakers engaged in