A very credible 289,000 tourists visited Donegal last year and spent a whopping €83million, figures have revealed.
The figures for 2015 were compiled by Fáilte Ireland’s Survey of Overseas Travellers and does not take into account local visitors.
The list shows that Donegal received the eight most number of tourists in the entire country.
Understandably Dublin received the most tourists with almost 5 million visitors spending a total of €1,726 million.
With the advent of the Wild Atlantic Way, Donegal is expected to increase its tourist numbers and their overall spend considerably for 2016.
Browsing through the Donegal Tourism app.
Here is the full list of the counties and the visitors they received in 2015.
1. Dublin: 4,938,000
2. Cork: 1,449,000
3. Galway: 1,354,000
4. Kerry: 1,026,000
5. Clare: 597,000
6. Limerick: 537,000
7. Mayo: 302,000
8. Donegal: 289,000
9. Kilkenny: 267,000
10. Waterford: 263,000
11. Wicklow: 248,000
12. Wexford: 221,000
13. Kildare: 214,000
14. Sligo: 186,000
15. Tipperary: 180,000
16. Cavan: 144,000
17. Meath: 134,000
18. Louth: 125,000
19. Westmeath: 116,000
20. Monaghan: 65,000
21. Carlow: 62,000
22. Laois & Leitrim: 57,000 each
23. Offally & Roscommon: 50,000 each
24. Longford: 30,000
Richard E Grant, during filming for Tourism Ireland at Fanad Lighthouse.
Overseas tourist revenue earned by county (the figures do not take domestic tourism into account):
1. Dublin: €1,726m
2. Cork: €558m
3. Galway: €475m
4. Kerry: €234m
5. Limerick: €212m
6. Clare: €127m
7. Kildare: €89m
8. Donegal: €83m
9. Wicklow: €82m
10. Mayo: €80m
11. Waterford: €75m
12. Tipperary: €66m
13. Wexford: €65m
14. Sligo: €51m
15. Cavan: €50m
16. Kilkenny: €45m
17. Meath: €44m
18. Louth & Westmeath: €36m each
19. Carlow: €32m
20. Monaghan: €25m
21. Roscommon: €20m
22. Laois: €18m
23. Leitrim: €15m
24. Offaly: €14m
25. Longford: €8m
