Staycations are growing in popularity.

New figures show a total of 13.3 million domestic trips were taken last year.

It's a 14 per cent increase on the pre-covid days of 2019.

The total spend for the period was € 2.9billion, that's up 36% on 2019.

Fáilte Ireland CEO Paul Kelly is welcoming the figures, which he says demonstrates the passion Irish people have for discovering our beautiful country.