After two years of severe COVID-19 travel restrictions, inbound arrivals to Ireland more than doubled during 2022 but remained well below their pre-pandemic level. COVID-19 restrictions on travel were largely eliminated early in the year: International travellers arriving in Ireland no longer had to carry evidence of their vaccination status (as they did in 2021) or proof that they have recovered from the virus.
Air arrivals in Ireland more than doubled during 2022 but remained below their pre-pandemic peak. This recovery was mainly driven by intraregional travel from the neighbouring UK and continental Europe as COVID-19 restrictions were eased.
Retail constant value sales of lodging (destination) began to recover in 2022 but remained well below their pre-pandemic peak. Domestic consumers, who were the mainstay of lodging demand in Ireland during 2021 in the absence of international visitors, were much more likely to travel abroad in 2022.
Having plunged by around two thirds during 2020 and 2021, booking retail constant value sales (2022 prices) rebounded in 2022 but remained well below their pre-pandemic level. After pandemic restrictions on travel were largely relaxed in early 2022, Irish travel intermediaries reported record bookings of ski and sun holidays.
Both inbound and outbound tourism will continue to recover throughout the forecast period. While outbound departures will exceed their pre-pandemic peak by the end of the forecast period, inbound arrivals will not.
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