In 2024, the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments across the EU increased by 2.7% compared with 2023, exceeding 3 billion for the first time, according to Eurostat.
Close to two-thirds
(62.8%) of all overnight stays were made in hotels and similar
accommodation, 23.7% in holiday and other short-stay accommodation such
as rented apartments and 13.5% in camping grounds, recreational vehicle
parks and trailer parks.
Among EU countries,
Cyprus and Malta registered the highest year-on-year growth in tourism nights,
with increases of 14.5% and 14.4%, respectively. Latvia followed at a distance,
registering a 7.4% growth rate compared with 2023.
In contrast, only 2
countries recorded slight decreases compared with 2023: Finland (-0,7%) and
France (-0.6%). Belgium and Sweden showed relatively stable figures, with 0.3%
increases.
Most of the 3.02
billion nights spent across the EU were made by domestic guests from their
respective countries (51.9%; 1.57 billion) while the remaining 48.1% (1.45
billion) were made by international guests.
The majority of nights
spent by international guests were tourists from other EU countries (61.6%) and
other European countries (21.3%), while only 16.4% of international overnight
stays were made by people from other world regions.
Among them, guests
from North America accounted for 7.5% of all international stays, ahead of Asia
with 4.9%, Central and South America with 2.3%, Oceania with 1.0% and Africa
with 0.8%. -TradeArabia News Service