Irish people took over 3m trips abroad in first quarter of 2026 -CSO

Irish residents took 3.1 million overnight trips outside of Ireland in the first quarter of 2026, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

This is a five per cent increase from the same period in 2025.

Holiday was the primary purpose of overnight trips outside of Ireland at 56 per cent, with visiting friends and family at 23 per cent, and business at 11 per cent.

The average length of stay on overnight trips outside of Ireland decreased from 4.7 nights in Q1 2025 to 4.5 nights in Q1 2026.

Irish residents spent six million nights on domestic trips in the first three months of 2026, up nine per cent from the first quarter of 2025.

CSO figures show there was a six per cent rise in the number of domestic overnight trips in that time.