July boost for overseas travel but pandemic continues to have a 'dramatic impact', says CSO

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For every passenger who arrived in or departed from Ireland in July, there were five pre-pandemic, according to the CSO.

OVERSEAS TRAVEL TO and from Ireland increased dramatically in July but remained heavily depressed compared to pre-pandemic levels, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office .

Great Britain remained the most important routing country for travel to and from Ireland, followed by Spain , Poland and France . Of the 380,700 persons arriving in Ireland in July 2021, 85.8% arrived by air and 14.2% arrived by sea, according to the CSO release. “By way of contrast, 123,100 passengers arrived on cross-channel routes and 110,800 passengers departed on cross-channel routes. Just 26,700 passengers arrived on transatlantic routes and 18,300 passengers departed on these routes.”

 

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still no dates on the return of EU to US tourism either.

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