Summary
The number of overnight stays spent in tourism accommodation activity establishments stood at 1.9 million in February 2013, increasing by 0.6% when compared with the same month of the previous year (+1.1% in January). This outcome resulted from the 5.0% growth in overnight stays from foreign residents (+5.2% in January), while those spent by residents decreased by 7.8% (-6.2% in January).
The Irish market grew the most (+30.7%) when compared with February 2012. The British (+7.7%), the German (+7.2%) and the Dutch (+7.0%) markets grew as well. On the contrary, the Spanish and the Brazilian markets recorded declining results (-15.4% and -1.5%, respectively).
The revenue from the activity accounted for slight positive trends in year-on-year terms of 1.6% in total revenue and 1.0% in revenue from the accommodation (-1.7% in total revenue and -0.2% in revenue from accommodation in January).