Passenger arrivals into Ireland up 21% in AprilMichael BoltonNew figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows a 20.9 per cent increase of passenger arrivals into Ireland, with more than 1,785,000 passengers arrived in Ireland on overseas routes in April 2023. This figure is compared to 1,476,600 arrivals in April 2022. This is also an increase of 4.2 per cent in the pre-pandemic levels, when 1,712,900 passengers arrived overseas routes in April 2019. Of those who arrived into the country, 1,676,600 passengers arrived by air and 108,300 by sea in the past month. Majority of people who came into Ireland came from Britain, with 634,500 from Britain, an increase of 548,300 a year ago.

Source: Irish Independent May 29, 2023 11:33 UTC