Share of nights spent by international tourists
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32%
European Union · 2021
Share of nights spent by international tourists in the European Union stood at 32% in 2021 (Eurostat).
- Publisher
- Eurostat
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Report
- Tourism statistics
- Locator
- Malta recorded the highest increase in nights spent by international guests in 2024 (15.2% compared with 2023)
- Retrieved
- 15 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
The share of nights spent by international guests in EU tourist accommodation dropped from 47.3% in 2019 to 29.0% in 2020, then in 2021 this share increased to 32.0% and further to 44.0% in 2022.
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- APA
- Statistical Office of the European Union. (2021). Tourism statistics. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Tourism_statistics_-_annual_results_for_the_accommodation_sector. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCEPZEQBHAM2KGV0K6S
- MLA
- Statistical Office of the European Union. "Tourism statistics." 2021, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Tourism_statistics_-_annual_results_for_the_accommodation_sector. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCEPZEQBHAM2KGV0K6S.
- Chicago
- Statistical Office of the European Union. "Tourism statistics." 2021. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Tourism_statistics_-_annual_results_for_the_accommodation_sector. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCEPZEQBHAM2KGV0K6S.
- BibTeX
- @misc{eurostat2021sharegv0k6s, author = {{Statistical Office of the European Union}}, title = {Tourism statistics}, year = {2021}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCEPZEQBHAM2KGV0K6S}, note = {Original source: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Tourism\_statistics\_-\_annual\_results\_for\_the\_accommodation\_sector. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }
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Primary Source
- Publisher
- Statistical Office of the European Union · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Tourism statistics
- Type
- Press release
- Published
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- Locator
- Malta recorded the highest increase in nights spent by international guests in 2024 (15.2% compared with 2023)
- Retrieved
- 15 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See source
Verification & Integrity
- Audit status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Archival URI
- /stat/stat_01M2KJ7XCEPZEQBHAM2KGV0K6S