EU accommodation data recorded 3.1 billion tourist nights in 2025
The October 2026 figures show growth across hotels, short-stay properties and campsites.
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Tourists spent about 3.1 billion nights in accommodation establishments across the European Union in 2025, Eurostat reported on October 16, 2026. The annual total was 4.1 percent higher than in 2024 in the published data.
The detailed annual account put the total at 3.14 billion nights, with approximately 123 million more than the previous year. Hotels and similar accommodation supplied the largest share, followed by holiday and other short-stay properties, then camping and caravan sites.
All three accommodation groups recorded increases. The detailed release also notes changes in statistical coverage for Italy and Lithuania from 2025, a relevant qualification when comparing growth across countries.
Domestic tourists and international visitors accounted for almost equal numbers of nights. Much international activity remained within Europe: the release reported that domestic visitors and guests from other EU countries together supplied 80.9 percent of accommodation nights.
The figures measure nights spent, so a week-long stay contributes more activity than a one-night visit. They are a useful record of demand for accommodation and the businesses around it. Eurostat also publishes nights per resident as an indicator of how concentrated visitor activity can be in a destination. Reading the annual volume with those local measures gives tourism planners a way to examine both economic activity and the distribution of demand across places, rather than relying only on a single arrivals total.
