The Central Statistics Office said today that the amount of money spent by Irish people on foreign travel dropped by almost 20% in 2009. Irish people made just under 7.3 million trips abroad last year, down 9.3% from 2008. The amount of money spent on these trips was down 19.5% to just under €5.8bn.
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