The Dublin Pride Parade last month saw a peak in consumer spending in pubs and restaurants.

A new AIB Spend Trend report for June shows the overall average daily spending increased by 4% on the previous month.

Average daily spending increased by 28% in pubs, 12% in hotels and 7% in restaurants.

There was also an increase of 9% in spending using a digital wallet, and a 4% increase in spending using contactless.

Spending in both pubs and restaurants peaked on June 24th, the day of Dublin Pride.

Empty rows of seats in economy class of a commercial airliner in June 2022. Picture by: Kilmer Media / Alamy Stock Photo

The figures reveal a slowdown in people booking airline travel compared to May, with those aged 65 and over accounting for the biggest decrease of 10%.

Expenditure on hardware fell by 3% month-on-month, which was only a slight decrease following a significant 7% increase in May.

AIB has said this indicates people are still enjoying time in their home and garden.

Pubs had the highest average daily spend increase by customers from Donegal (34%), Mayo (33%) and Laois (33%).

Hotels had the highest average daily spend increase by customers from Laois (30%) and Carlow (29%).

Meanwhile, restaurants saw the highest average daily spend increase by customers from Cavan - up 15%.

The data was compiled from some 70 million debit and credit card transactions in-store and online during June.

Main image: Split-screen image shows Pride flags on Dublin's Ha'penny Bridge, and a person handling money