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In 2024, tourism in the European Union reached a historic record with 3.020 billion nights spent in tourist accommodations, representing an increase of 2.7% compared to the previous year. This increase marks the first time that the barrier of 3 billion nights has been surpassed, highlighting the significant growth of the sector.
Of this total, 62.8% of overnight stays were in hotels and similar accommodations. Rental apartments, considered short-stay lodgings, accounted for 23.7%, while campgrounds and recreational parks contributed the remaining 13.5%.
Cyprus and Malta led this growth, with increases of 14.5% and 14.4%, respectively. Latvia, while considerably distant from these figures, also showed notable growth of 7.4%. In contrast, Finland and France experienced slight declines in overnight stays, with decreases of 0.7% and 0.6%. Meanwhile, Belgium and Sweden maintained relatively stable figures with a slight increase of 0.3%.
Interestingly, it was observed that the majority of nights spent in the EU were by domestic tourists, representing 51.9% of the total, equivalent to approximately 1.570 billion nights. International visitors accounted for 48.1%, translating to 1.450 billion nights. Within this segment, 61.6% of foreign guests came from other EU countries, while 21.3% arrived from non-EU European nations. Tourists from other regions of the world represented 16.4%.
At the continental level, North American tourists were the largest contributors to international nights, accounting for 7.5% of the total, followed by visitors from Asia (4.9%) and Central and South America (2.3%). Arrivals from Oceania were recorded at 1% and from Africa at 0.8%.
The year 2024 thus presents itself as a period of recovery and growth for tourism in the European Union, highlighting the importance of this sector for both the local economy and the cultural interconnection between the diverse regions of the continent.
via: MiMub in Spanish
