Tourism statistics 2016 edition COMPACT GUIDES
European tourism statistics in a nutshell Europe is a major tourist destination and according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, five of the European Union (EU) Member States are in the world s top-10 destinations for holiday-makers. The European Union s tourism industry occupies an important place in the economy of all Member States, with tourism representing a large source of employment. Any assessment of its competitiveness requires a good knowledge of the volume of tourism, its characteristics, the profile of the tourist, the level of tourism expenditure and the benefits for the European economies. This leaflet offers a quick glimpse on Eurostat s tourism statistics, and where to find them. Legal basis Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 on European tourism statistics is the basis for official, harmonised statistics on, on the one hand, capacity and occupancy of accommodation establishments and, on the other hand, data on trips made by EU residents. Data pursuant to this Regulation is in general collected by the national statistical authorities and made available by the European Commission on Eurostat s website in the form of tables, multi-dimensional databases and analytical articles. Methodology Data on capacity (number of accommodation establishments, bedrooms, bed places) and occupancy (nights spent, arrivals, occupancy rates) is typically collected from businesses (e.g. hotels or campsites) and includes monthly as well as annual data. Data on trips made by EU residents is typically collected via household surveys, producing a sample of around 500 thousand tourism trips with overnight stays per year. Key concepts Tourism means the activity of visitors taking a trip to a main destination outside their usual environment, for less than a year, for any main purpose, including business, leisure or other personal purpose, other than to be employed by a resident entity in the place visited. See also: Methodological Manual for Tourism Statistics
Tourist accommodation establishments Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments, EU-28, 200-201 (index: 200=100) 135 Total Residents Non-residents 200 100 100 100 130 2005 105 105 103 2006 10 106 108 125 200 108 106 111 120 2008 10 105 109 2009 105 105 10 115 2010 110 109 110 2011 113 110 118 110 2012 118 11 12 105 2013 121 11 131 201 123 115 133 100 200 2005 2006 200 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 201 Total Residents Non-residents Note: EU-28 aggregate including estimated values for missing data. Did you know... that nearly 5 % of the nights spent at EU tourist accommodation in 201 were spent in three Member States: France (15 %), Spain (15 %) and Italy (1 %)? Find more: Eurostat (online data code: tour_occ_ninat) Nights spent at tourist accommodation by country of residence, EU-28 (million nights) 201 (million) 2009 (million) 201/2009 (% change) Total nights spent 2.682 2.289 +1% Residents 1.1 1.33 +10% Non-residents 1.211 9 +28% of which, residents of: Russia 8,8 20,6 +13% USA 59,6 6,6 +28% Brasil 8,3,2 +100% China 1,9,9 +261% Japan 12,0 10, +12% Note: EU-28 aggregate including estimated values for missing data. Did you know... that in 22 out of 25 EU countries where data is available, the number of nights spent by tourists from China was more than double in 201 compared with 2009? Find more: Eurostat (online data code: tour_occ_ninraw)
Tourist accommodation establishments Nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments, by NUTS 2 regions, 201 (million nights spent by residents and non-residents) Canarias (ES) Guadeloupe (FR) 0 100 Martinique (FR) 0 25 Guyane (FR) 0 20 Réunion (FR) Mayotte (FR) 0 100 0 20 Malta Açores (PT) 0 15 0 10 Madeira (PT) Liechtenstein 0 50 0 20 0 5 (million nights spent by residents and non-residents) EU-28 = 2 682 < 2.5 2.5 <.5.5 < 6.5 6.5 < 11.5 >= 11.5 Data not available Administrative boundaries: EuroGeographics UN-FAO Turkstat Cartography: Eurostat - GISCO, 0/2016 0 200 00 600 800 km Note: London (the United Kingdom): NUTS level 1. Serbia: national data. Belgium and Serbia: 2013. The United Kingdom and Montenegro: 2012. EU-28, Ireland and Greece: estimates. Did you know... that among the NUTS level 2 regions of the EU, the highest number of nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments was recorded in the Spanish island region of the Canarias (9.3 million nights), followed by the capital city region of France (Île de France,. million nights) and Cataluña (2. million nights)? These three regions represented 9% of all nights spent in the EU. Find more: Eurostat (online data code: tour_occ_nin2)
Tourism industries Turnover in tourism industries, EU-28, 2013 (%) Transport 2% Services other than tourism industries 18% Accommodation 16% Business economy other than services 8% Total tourism industries % of which: Food and beverage 33% Car and other rental % Travel agencies, tour operators 1% Did you know... that one in ten enterprises in the European non-financial business economy belongs to the tourism industries? Find more: Eurostat (online data code: sbs_na_sca_r2) Employed persons by sex and full-time/part-time activity, EU-28, 2015 Male Full-time 9% Total -all NACE activities Male Part-time 5% Female Full-time 31% Female Part-time 15% Male Full-time 35% Accommodation Male Part-time 5% Female Part-time 20% Female Full-time 0% Did you know... that more than half of the persons employed in the accommodation sector in the Netherlands and in Denmark, work part-time? Find more: Eurostat (online data code: tour_lfs6r2)
Trips of EU residents Trips, nights spent and expenditure of EU residents by destination, EU-28, 201, (%) 6.2% 18,8% 15,% 22,1% 26,0% 32,8% 5,0% 58,5% 5,1% Trips Nights spent Expenditure Domestic Outbound EU-28 countries Outbound Other Note: EU-28 aggregate calculated using 2013 data for the United Kingdom. Did you know... that German and French tourists were the biggest spenders in absolute terms? Their expenditure accounted for nearly half of all of the tourism expenditure of EU residents (8 %). Find more: Eurostat (online data codes: tour_dem_ttw, tour_dem_tnw, tour_dem_extotw) Share of world destinations for outbound trips of EU residents, EU-28, 201, (%) EFTA countries 3,% Other European countries 6,6% North America Africa 3,6% Central and,0% South America 1,8% Asia,% Oceania 0,5% European Union 5,2% Note: EU-28 aggregate calculated using 2013 data for the United Kingdom. Due to rounding, deviation can occur between total and subtotals. Did you know... that three in four outbound trips of Europeans were spent inside the EU, with Spain being the top foreign EU destination (nearly 21% of trips)? Find more: Eurostat (online data codes: tour_dem_ttw)
Trips of EU residents Share of nights spent on trips by characteristics of the trip, 201, (%) EU-28 59% 92% 5% 33% Domestic (vs. outbound) Personal (vs. business) Rented accommodation (vs. non-rented) July+August (vs. rest of the year) Belgium 95% 3% 1% 5% Bulgaria 9% 61% 3% Czech Republic 9% 2% 39% 38% 52% Denmark 9% 6% 36% 9% % Germany 89% 1% 2% 38% Estonia 82% % 26% 2% Ireland 9% 65% 2% Greece 88% 9% 22% 5% Spain 85% 9% 35% 38% France 81% 9% 2% 3% 58% Croatia 8% 2% 31% 1% Italy 92% 50% 50% 2% Cyprus 91% 39% 25% 9% Latvia 95% 35% 3% 3% Lithuania 8% 50% 26% Luxembourg 91% 66% 35% 1% 60% Hungary 9% % 30% 1% Malta 8% 6% 25% Netherlands 9% 6% 36% 33% 35% Austria 8% 5% 3% 63% Poland 96% 8% 1% Portugal 81% 91% 22% 1% Romania 86% 93% 31% 31% 26% Slovenia 92% 6% 2% Slovakia 88% Finland 88% Sweden 90% United Kingdom 91% 55% 61% 35% 61% 5% 2% 5% 9% 26% 36% 62% 26% Notes: EU-28 aggregate calculated using 2013 data for the United Kingdom. United Kingdom: 2013 data. Did you know... that nearly 83 % of all trips made in 201 lasted a maximum of one week while less than 6 % of all trips were longer than two weeks? Find more: Eurostat (online data code: tour_dem_tntot, tour_dem_tnac, tour_dem_tnmd)
Trips of EU residents Trips by main means of transport, 201, (%) EU-28 16 12 6 8 Belgium 30 6 5 6 Bulgaria 1 21 Czech Republic 5 6 9 10 Denmark 15 11 65 8 Germany 1 1 61 8 Estonia 1 53 29 Ireland 3 6 Greece 12 1 58 29 Spain 10 5 8 France 9 15 3 3 Croatia 3 66 23 Italy 18 12 58 12 Cyprus 6 50 Latvia 13 63 20 Lithuania 19 3 65 13 Luxembourg 3 9 8 6 Hungary 9 2 12 Malta 6 36 Netherlands 18 9 66 6 Austria 19 11 62 8 Poland 9 66 18 Portugal 9 80 8 Romania 2 13 60 25 Slovenia 2 85 6 Slovakia 8 10 6 16 Finland 15 10 61 1 Sweden 19 18 52 11 United Kingdom 30 13 50 Switzerland 28 1 52 Air Railway Motor vehicle Other Notes: EU-28 aggregate calculated using 2013 data for the United Kingdom. United Kingdom: 2013 data. Did you know... that in three Member States (Malta, Greece and Estonia) waterways were the main means of transport for more than one in ten tourism trips of their residents, while Romanians, Croatians and Bulgarians took buses for more than one in five of their trips? Find more: Eurostat (online data code: tour_dem_tttr)
Trips of EU residents Expenditure by type of expenditure, EU-28, 201 (%) Billions 50 00 350 300 32% 250 200 32% 25% 150 100 50 0 1% 3% 36% 2% 32% 38% All trips Domestic trips Outbound trips Accommodation Transport Other Note: EU-28 aggregate calculated using 2013 data for the United Kingdom. Did you know... that for each tourism trip, Europeans spend on average EUR 31 per person? Broken down by destination, they spend EUR 205 on average on a domestic trip and EUR on an outbound trip. Find more: Eurostat (online data code: tour_dem_ exexp) How to access Eurostat tourism statistics data? Background information is provided in the Dedicated Section: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/tourism
Tables, graphs and maps are available for viewing, printing and downloading under Main tables : http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/tourism/data/main-tables Data can also be accessed in Eurostat s multi-dimensional database using the Data explorer: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/tourism/data/database
Statistics explained A collection of regularly updated articles is available on Statistics Explained: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/tourism Publications Publications on tourism statistics are available in pdf format on Eurostat s website: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/tourism/publications Don t miss: Eurostat regional yearbook 2016 (chapter 10 Tourism) http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-statistical-books/-/ KS-HA-16-001 For more specific questions on tourism statistics, please contact by e-mail Eurostat-Tour@ec.europa.eu
Did you know? One in three nights spent at tourist accommodation in the European Union is recorded in the two peak months, July and August. These two peak months are most pronounced in Croatia (62% of all nights spent during the year), Bulgaria (6%) and Greece (3%). PDF: KS-02-15-8-EN-N Print: KS-02-15-8-EN-C Nearly half (6 %) of the nights spent in EU tourist accommodation in 201 were spent in coastal areas. With 13 % of workers aged 15 to 2 compared with 9% for the non-financial business economy, the tourism industries have a particularly young labour force. Of the estimated 50 thousand tourist accommodation establishments in the EU 28 in 201, just over one third (35.5 %) were hotels and similar establishments, which provided a total of 6.6 million bedrooms and 13. million bed places. EU residents spent 6.2 billion overnight stays during tourism trips in 201, of which more than half (53.6 %) were spent in rented accommodation. One in nine nights was spent at an own holiday home. In 201, EU residents spent an estimated EUR 1 billion on tourist accommodation. Tourism statistics include business travel which represented more than one in nine trips of EU residents in 201. Holidays, leisure and recreation occupies the biggest share (8%) of tourism trips, but with 36%, visits to friends and relatives also take a significant share. Air transport was the preferred means of transport for outbound trips (53.8 %), while for domestic trips EU residents travelled mainly by motor vehicles (5.8 %), followed by rail (13.8 %). 0% of the EU population did not make any tourism trip in 201. Among these citizens, more than half reported financial reasons as a barrier to participating in tourism and one in five reported health reasons for not travelling. Another one fifth simply had no interest in travelling. European Union 2016 Cover: Christophe Demunter PDF: ISBN 98-92-9-52111-9 doi:10.285/28619 Print: ISBN 98-92-9-52112-6 doi:10.285/1265