Tourism statistics - nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments

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Data from May 2013. Most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables and Database.

This article focuses on the short-term evolutions in the nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments in the European Union (EU). The data for the most recent reference month available are compared with the same month of the previous year, in addition - and to smoothen fluctuations - data for a three months' period are compared with the same period one year earlier.

With the adoption of Regulation 692/2011 concerning European statistics on tourism, timeliness of accommodation statistics has significantly improved. As of 2012, monthly data are transmitted to Eurostat within eight weeks after the reference month. This article is the first publication of February 2013 data.

Figure 1: Percentage change in number of nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments, February 2013 compared with February 2012 - Source: Eurostat (tour_occ_nim)
Table 1: Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments, February 2013 - Source: Eurostat (tour_occ_nim)
Table 2: Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments, December 2012 to February 2013 - Source: Eurostat (tour_occ_nim)


Contents

Main statistical findings

In February 2013, compared with February 2012, 1.5 million less nights (-1.3 %) were spent at tourist accommodation establishments in the European Union (see Figure 1 and Table 1). This drop was due to residents (tourists travelling inside their own country of residence) (-2.7 million nights, -4.1 %) while the number of nights spent by non-residents increased by 2.4 % (+1.2 million nights).

In the segment of hotels and similar accommodation establishments a decrease by 1.3 million nights (-1.6 %) was observed in February 2013, compared with February 2012.

Looking at the three months' period from December 2012 to February 2013 a decrease of 0.9 % was recorded in the number of nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments, compared with the same period one year earlier, while the segment of hotels and similar establishments recorded a drop of 1.1 %.

Data sources and availability

Representativeness of the EU-27 estimates

EU-27 estimate made for the purpose of this publication, based on the following data:

Table 1 and graph 1 (February): EU-27 not including the United Kingdom (26 Member States representing 89.1 % of the total nights spent in the European Union).

Table 2 (3 months' period, December to February): December estimate for EU-27 not including Greece, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Romania, Slovenia and the United Kingdom, because of methodological changes between 2011 and 2012. The 20 Member States included represent 83.4 % of the total nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments in the European Union.

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Context

The EU is a major tourist destination, with five Member States among the world’s top ten destinations for holidaymakers, according to UNWTO[1] data. Tourism is an important activity in the EU which has the potential to contribute towards employment and economic growth, as well as to development in rural, peripheral or less-developed areas. These characteristics drive the demand for reliable and harmonised statistics within this field, as well as within the wider context of regional policy and sustainable development policy areas.

Further Eurostat information

Publications

Main tables

Nights spent by total (residents and non-residents) in collective tourist accomodation establishments, by NUTS 2 regions (tgs00032)
Nights spent by total (residents and non-residents) in hotels and similar establishments, by NUTS 2 regions (tgs00033)
Nights spent by non-residents in collective tourist accomodation establishments, by NUTS 2 regions (tgs00034)
Nights spent by non-residents in hotels and similar establishments, by NUTS 2 regions (tgs00035)
Nights spent in hotels and similar establishments (tin00043)
Nights spent in other collective accommodation establishments (tin00044)

Database

Occupancy in collective accommodation establishments: domestic and inbound tourism (tour_occ)
Nights spent by residents and non-residents (tour_occ_n)
Nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments - national - monthly data (tour_occ_nim)
Nights spent by non-residents in tourist accommodation establishments - 1990-2011 - world geographical breakdown - monthly data (tour_occ_ninrmw)
Nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments - national - annual data (tour_occ_ninat)
Nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 2 regions - annual data (tour_occ_nin2)
Nights spent by non-residents in tourist accommodation establishments - world geographical breakdown - annual data (tour_occ_ninraw)
Nights spent (x1 000) (tour_occ_ni)

Dedicated section

Source data for tables and figures on this page (MS Excel)

Methodology / Metadata

Other information

  • With 2012 as reference year:
  • Regulation 692/2011 of 6 July 2011 concerning European statistics on tourism and repealing Council Directive 95/57/EC.
  • Regulation 1051/2011 of 20 October 2011 implementing Regulation 692/2011 concerning European statistics on tourism, as regards the structure of the quality reports and the transmission of the data.
  • Previous legal acts (concerning reference periods before 2012):
  • Directive 95/57/EC of 23 November 1995 on the collection of statistical information in the field of tourism.
  • Commission Decision 1999/35/CE of 9 December 1998 on the procedures for implementing Council Directive 95/57/EC on the collection of statistical information in the field of tourism.
  • Commission Decision 2004/883/CE of 10 December 2004 adjusting the Annex to Council Directive 95/57/EC on the collection of statistical information in the field of tourism as regards country lists.
  • Directive 2006/110/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting Directives 95/57/EC and 2001/109/EC in the field of statistics, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania.

External links

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ UNWTO Tourism Highlights - 2012
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