Over 560,000 tourists visited Ireland last month, spending €431 million

Eva Osborne

Around 564,600 foreign visitors completed a trip to Ireland last month, an increase of seven per cent when compared with April 2025.

While here, tourists spent an estimated €431 million in April 2026, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

This is an increase of 15 per cent compared with April 2025 (€375 million).

Foreign visitors who departed Ireland in April 2026 stayed a total of 3.9 million nights in the country, up 14 per cent on April 2025.

Visitors from Britain accounted for the largest share at 39 per cent, followed by Continental Europe (36 per cent), North America (21 per cent), and the rest of the world (four per cent).

In April 2026, 41 per cent of overnight foreign visitors indicated that the main purpose of their trip was for holidays, leisure and recreation.

36 per cent said it was for visiting friends and relatives, and 15 per cent of trips were for business reasons.

The average length of stay for foreign resident overnight visitors was 6.9 nights, up from 6.5 nights in April 2025.