Ireland celebrates rise in inbound tourism

#IRELAND welcomed almost one million additional visitors in the first 11 months of 2015, 14% more than a year earlier, according to figures published by Tourism Ireland. 

Welcoming the result, Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland, said: ‘2015 has been a superb year for overseas tourism, with the figures indicating that it will be a record-breaking year, with more than eight million people arriving here during the January to November period – an increase of +14%, or almost one million additional overseas visitors, when compared to 2014.

‘Growth has been recorded from all of our markets around the world, with record numbers arriving here from North America. Ireland now welcomes 10% of all American visitors to Europe. We have also seen record numbers arriving here from Mainland Europe, and from our long-haul markets such as Australia, China, and India. I also welcome the continued strong performance from Britain, our largest market for overseas tourism.

‘In 2016, we will be pulling out all the stops to surpass this year’s record performance and to welcome 8.2 million visitors, delivering €4.4 billion (£3.22 billion) to the Irish economy.

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