The Meteoric Rise of Ancestry Trips to Europe
Eastern Europe. Ireland has seen impressive growth in the number of American tourists between 2013 and 2019, from one million to two million visitors. Of the American holidaymakers who traveled to Ireland in 2019, 54 percent claimed Irish ancestry (at least one in the party). In fact, some 35 million Americans today have Irish roots; the global Irish diaspora is vast as a result of successive waves of emigration over the centuries. Starting with Andrew Jackson and continuing to Joe Biden, 23 American presidents have claimed Irish ancestral origins. Indeed the Irish media optimistically repo...
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