Over 250,000 overseas tourists for Kilkenny last year, while just over 60,000 for Carlow

Carlow and Kilkenny enjoyed a cash injection to their local economies last year after giving a “céad míle fáilte” to tourists coming here.

Fáilte Ireland figures show 267,000 overseas visitors came to Kilkenny in 2015, while Carlow had 62,000.

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Of the 267,000 people who came to Kilkenny, a massive 85,000 came from North America while 52,000 came from Britain.

The bulk of visitors to Carlow came from Britain.

Fáilte Ireland says the visits were worth €32 million  to the local economy in Carlow – while in Kilkenny the figure stands at €45 million.