Overseas visits to Ireland down 13% in Q4 2009

In the fourth quarter of 2009, 1,446,000 overseas trips were made to Ireland compared with 1,665,000 in the same period of 2008, this represented a decrease of 13%. Business trips decreased by 30%, while trips spent visiting friends/relatives increased by 5%, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

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