Find information on the latest Tourism Barometer, Air & Sea Passenger Carryings, Visitor, Accommodation Occupancy, Activities, Attractions and Regional Tourism figures.
The Tourism Barometer is a survey of 406 tourism enterprises in Northern Ireland carried out by Tourism Development International/Webtourism on behalf of the Northern Ireland Tourist Board.
These Carryings are collected on a monthly basis from all airports and sea carriers. The figures are derived from all air and sea traffic that passes through the three main airports and the seaports of Larne and Belfast.
The overall unit occupancy level for self-catering units surveyed for the period April to September 2004 was 52 percent, five percentage points up on that achieved in 2003.
The overall unit occupancy level for self-catering units surveyed for the period April to September 2002 was 45 percent, which was one percentage points up on that achieved in 2001. This level increased in 2003 to 47 percent.
Figures for the activities undertaken by visitors to Northern Ireland during 2003 including a breakdown of figures for those who participated in the activities and those who cited the activities as the actual reason for their visit
A year-on-year increase in visitor numbers of approximately four percent on 2003 was observed in 2004 (where visitor numbers were available for attractions for both years).
After an eight percent increase in the number of visits to free attractions in 2002, a further increase of thirteen percent was evident in 2003, while visits to attractions with either an admission or parking charge increased by seven percent.
