The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published Inbound Tourism July 2025.
Commenting on the release, Edward Duffy, Statistician in the Tourism and Travel Division, said:
“The results show that 646,400 foreign visitors departed Ireland on overseas routes in July 2025, down 1% compared with July 2024 and July 2023.
The number of nights spent by foreign visitors in July was almost 5.1 million nights, a decrease of 4% compared with July 2024 and down 10% compared with July 2023.
In July 2025, the greatest number of visitors came from Great Britain (33%), followed by Continental Europe (31%), North America (30%) and the Rest of the World (6%). When compared with July 2024, visitors from North America were up 13%, while visitors from Great Britain fell by 1%, visitors from Continental Europe decreased by 12%, and visitors from the Rest of the World declined by 7%.
The visitors’ expenditure in Ireland (excluding fares) was €624 million in July 2025. Visitors from Great Britian accounted for €118 million (19%) of this spend, Continental Europe for €197 million (32%), North America for €255 million (41%), and visitors from the Rest of the World for €54 million (9%). Taken together, this represented a fall of 4% when compared with July 2024, and a rise of 0.4% when compared with July 2023.
The most frequent reason for the visitors’ trips was for holiday or leisure (45%), while almost one in three trips (31%) were to visit friends or relatives.”28 2858 1066.
The Inbound Tourism Release
The Inbound Tourism release is published every month and provides unique and timely insights on visitor trips to Ireland.
This release is based on the CSO Passenger Survey which is collected from approximately 13,000 departing passengers per month (of which typically 3,000-4,000 are foreign visitors) at the country’s international ports and airports by a team of dedicated CSO Tourist Enumerator staff. The data collected is calibrated against passenger flow data provided by the ports and airports.
Users should note that visitors are counted not by nationality but by country of residence, as such, foreign passport holders who are normally resident in Ireland are included as domestic travellers and not foreign visitors, while Irish passport holders who reside abroad and make a trip to Ireland are counted as visitors.
Foreign visitors in the context of this release refers to overseas residents who have stayed at least one night in Ireland. Visits from residents of Northern Ireland are not captured. Foreign visitors who depart Ireland via the airports and seaports of Northern Ireland are not captured in the survey.
To learn more about the methodology, please see the accompanying FAQ.
