The pie charts compare the percentage of individuals visiting Ireland during the previous year, categorized by age brackets, sex and purpose of travel.
Overall, young and middle-aged adults made up the largest proportion of tourists to Ireland. Additionally, leisure trips were by far the dominant reason for visiting this country among both males and females.
Looking at the first pie chart, 23% of the total visits to Ireland were paid by young adults aged 25-34 years. People in the 45-54 years bracket accounted for an equal share. Ranked second were travelers aged 35-44 years, at 19%. The less dominant groups were the elderly, teenagers, small children, with youngsters aged 16-24 years and senior citizens at 66 years or over both composing of 9%, while those aged 0-15 years and 55-64 years made up 6% and 11% respectively.
Regarding genders and travel purposes, a great percentage of people visited Ireland for recreational reasons, with male travelers accounting for 43% and females making up 40%. By contrast, few visits were made to this country for business matters, at 17%, including a 13% for males and only 4% for females.