New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that overseas travel has continued to rebound from the Covid-19 pandemic but is still 14 percent lower than pre-pandemic levels,
More than 1,476,000 passengers arrived in the State from overseas routes last month, In April 2019 there were 1,712,900 passengers arrived.
In April 2021, 69,400 overseas passengers arrived in Ireland and just 16,100 overseas passengers arrived in April 2020, according to the survey report.
The recovery is seen in both modes of travel (air and sea), although the recovery in air travel is most dramatic (with a twenty-one-fold increase compared to April 2021).
The recovery is also spread across all major routes, with transatlantic traffic up most in relative terms (with 37 transatlantic passengers arriving in April 2022 for everyone in April 2021). Among the continental routes, Spanish routes were the busiest, with 197,600 passengers arriving on these routes, a more than thirty-fold increase compared to April 2021.
However, in overall terms, Great Britain remained the most important departure country for overseas travellers to Ireland, with 548,300 passengers arriving on air and sea routes from Great Britain, compared to just 21,600 in April 2021.”