Where does your county rank?
When it comes to tourist attractions in Ireland we have so many. From the Cliff of Moher to Connemara and Glasnevin Cemetery the choices are endless. We also see thousands of tourists arrive each day just to walk around the cities and sample some of our culture. Dublin's Temple Bar, for example, is always thronged.
But which county would you think gets the most tourists?
According to
JOE.ie,
Fáilte Ireland's Survey of Overseas Travellers has found that Dublin is the most popular destination for tourists to visit in the Republic of Ireland. No surprising really given the size and because it's the capital.
After Dublin were Cork, Galway and Kerry which all saw over 1 million tourists visiting in 2015. The lowest ranking counties were Offally, Roscommon and Longford.
Here is the full list.
Amount of visitors in 2015:
- Dublin: 4,938,000
- Cork: 1,449,000
- Galway: 1,354,000
- Kerry: 1,026,000
- Clare: 597,000
- Limerick: 537,000
- Mayo: 302,000
- Donegal: 289,000
- Kilkenny: 267,000
- Waterford: 263,000
- Wicklow: 248,000
- Wexford: 221,000
- Kildare: 214,000
- Sligo: 186,000
- Tipperary: 180,000
- Cavan: 144,000
- Meath: 134,000
- Louth: 125,000
- Westmeath: 116,000
- Monaghan: 65,000
- Carlow: 62,000
- Laois & Leitrim: 57,000 each
- Offally & Roscommon: 50,000 each
- Longford: 30,000
Overseas tourist revenue earned by county:
- Dublin: €1,726m
- Cork: €558m
- Galway: €475m
- Kerry: €234m
- Limerick: €212m
- Clare: €127m
- Kildare: €89m
- Donegal: €83m
- Wicklow: €82m
- Mayo: €80m
- Waterford: €75m
- Tipperary: €66m
- Wexford: €65m
- Sligo: €51m
- Cavan: €50m
- Kilkenny: €45m
- Meath: €44m
- Louth & Westmeath: €36m each
- Carlow: €32m
- Monaghan: €25m
- Roscommon: €20m
- Laois: €18m
- Leitrim: €15m
- Offaly: €14m
- Longford: €8m
Domestic tourism is not taken into account with these figures.
