Good numbers on trips to Ireland from abroad for January-May 2013:
March-May (3mo) y/y rises were:
- Trips to Ireland from Great Britain + 5.6% (below the overall rate of rise of 8.1%);
- Trips to Ireland from Other Europe + 9.6% (above the overall rate of increase);
- Trips to Ireland from North America + 12.6% (substantially above the overall rate of increase); and
- Trips to Ireland from Other Areas + 3.2% (well below the overall rate of increase)
January-May (5mo) y/y rises were:
- Trips to Ireland from Great Britain + 2.8% (below the overall rate of rise of 6.4%);
- Trips to Ireland from Other Europe + 8.5% (above the overall rate of increase);
- Trips to Ireland from North America + 12.8% (substantially above the overall rate of increase); and
- Trips to Ireland from Other Areas + 4.9% (below the overall rate of increase)
2 comments:
I emigrated to mainland Europe and come back to Ireland once every 6 to 8 weeks on a cheap ryanair flight.
How about all those thousands who emigrated to further afield and come home less frequently.
This is good news for the airports and airlines mostly, not for the rest of the economy.
In part, you are correct - the numbers above are based on survey. So if someone who is an Irish national resident in, say, Canada, travel form Canada to Ireland for a visit, this counts as trip to Ireland from North America. If you look at underlying numbers: increase of 150,000 trips in 5 months, it is hard to ignore that we have so many people emigrating from the country. When we take into account those who emigrate to 'near-abroad' - e.g UK and Europe, with cheaper short haul flights available, then yes, big effect here. North America - probably less so.
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