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Fall of 89.8% in July departures overseas compared with summer 2019
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31 Aug 2020 / ireland Print

Fall of 89.8% in July trips abroad, compared with 2019

July 2020 overseas travel to and from Ireland increased substantially compared to June as COVID-19 restrictions were eased, new CSO statistics show.

There were 227,300 overseas arrivals and 275,400 overseas departures last month.

These figures compare with 57,100 arrivals and 73,900 departures in the previous month, increases of 298.1% and 272.7% respectively.

Dramatically lower

However, overseas travel in July 2020 remained dramatically lower than in July 2019, when there were 2,225,900 arrivals and 2,183,900 departures, falls of 89.8% and 87.4% respectively.

For the year-to-date (January-July), 3,414,000 people arrived in Ireland from overseas and 3,448,700 left the country.

These figures together represent decreases of 70.5% compared to the same period in 2019.

Of the 227,300 arriving in Ireland in July 2020, 188,100 (82.7%) arrived by air and 39,200 (17.3%) arrived by sea.

Of the 275,400 leaving Ireland, 239,000 (86.8%) departed by air and 36,400 (13.2%) departed by sea.

Of those arriving in Ireland, 97,100 (42.7%) came by cross-channel routes, 114,800 (50.5%) by continental routes, 8,800 (3.9%) by transatlantic routes and 6,600 (2.9%) by other overseas routes.

The corresponding figures for those departing Ireland were 82,800 (30.1%), 182,400 (66.2%), 4,600 (1.7%) and 5,600 (2.0%) respectively.

Staging countries

The most important staging countries for persons travelling overseas to Ireland were Great Britain (97,100), Spain (23,000) and France (13,200).

The most important staging countries for persons travelling overseas from Ireland were Great Britain (82,800), Spain (38,500) and Poland (23,800).

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