Where does your county rank?
Ok, answer this one question. What do you think is the biggest tourist attraction in your county? The Guinness Storehouse, Cliffs of Moher, Dublin Zoo and the National Aquatic Centre are just some of
the most popular destinations in Ireland, but how how does your county rate in terms of popularity with overseas tourists?
The Independent obtained information from
Fáilte Ireland's Survey of Overseas Travellers and Dublin is by far the most popular destination for tourists that visit the Republic of Ireland. No surprise really but the scale of Dublin's popularity when measured against second-placed Cork is pretty eye-opening.
On the other end of the scale, here's hoping that the planned €232 million Center Parcs holiday village that's opening in in Ballymahon, Co Longford will boost the amount of visitors to the area because the county is currently the least popular one for tourists.
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
- Offaly & 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.
