Almost 6.5m nights spent in Airbnb-style accommodation in Ireland in 2023
Almost 6.5 million guest nights were booked over four of the leading online booking platforms for short-term tourist accommodation in Ireland last year.
Figures published by the European Commission show a total of 6.47 million guest nights were reserved by holidaymakers through either Airbnb, Booking, Expedia or Tripadvisor in 2023 – up 17 per cent over the previous year.
The latest data also shows that the demand for such accommodation in Ireland has surged by a further 21 per cent in the first three months of 2024 to over 989,000 guest nights – over 153,000 more than in the corresponding period last year.
The annual figure for 2023 represents a 12-month increase of over 920,000 additional guest nights for tourist accommodation providers in the Republic.
However, last year’s annual total is still below the pre-pandemic peak of 6.9 million guest nights in 2019.
The figures, which are published by Eurostat, are the result of what is considered a landmark agreement between the…
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