Irish people went on almost three quarters of a million overseas trips in September, official figures released today show.
This translates into more than 24,000 people taking air and sea journeys abroad every day, even after the normal holiday high season.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) said the 731,400 overseas trips for September was up 92,900 on the same time last year.
A total of 774,300 international travellers arrived in the Republic in the same period, a rise of 35,900 on the same month the year before, according to the CSO.
Half of all people coming into the Republic came from Britain, while 13 per cent were from the United States.
The was a significant fall off in the numbers coming from North America, with 8,900 less journeys into the Republic from the US and Canada in September compared to the same month in 2006.
However there were 45,000 more air and sea trips into the state from visitors living in European countries outside Britain.
The survey was carried out by CSO officials at Dublin, Cork, Shannon, Knock and Kerry airports as well as Rosslare, Ringaskiddy, Dun Laoghaire and Dublin ports.