Image: PA Image: PA OVERSEAS TRAVEL FOR the month of April was almost four times higher than the same month last year, new CSO figures show.
However, for every passenger in April 2021, there were 24 in pre-pandemic April 2019, when there were 1,712,900 arrivals and 1,736,400 departures.CSO statistician Gregg Patrick said that the April 2021 statistics “show that continental routes contributed most to the passenger traffic”. “Just 3,300 passengers arrived on transatlantic routes and the same number of passengers departed on these routes.”
Of the 73,000 persons departing Ireland, 84.3%, or 61,500, departed by air and 15.7%, or 11,500, departed by sea.
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