Corona-Comeback: Tourismus in der EU auf Rekordhoch

The tourism industry in Europe has overcome the pandemic: In the first half of the year, the number of overnight stays in the 27 states currently belonging to the EU reached a record high. From January to June, accommodation establishments recorded a total of 1.193 billion overnight stays, according to Eurostat, the European statistical agency.

The monthly statistics for these 27 countries start from the year 2011, and since then there have never been so many overnight stays in the period from January to June. In the previous record year 2019, there were slightly less than 1.182 billion overnight stays, which is almost one percent less than this year. Compared to the previous year, which was still influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, the increase was almost 13 percent.

In the years of the coronavirus, 2020 and 2021, tourism businesses had suffered. During that time, there were only 407 and 475 million overnight stays in the current 27 EU countries in the first half of the year.

In diesem Jahr überstieg die Zahl der Übernachtungen in Hotels, Ferienwohnungen oder auf Campingplätzen Monat für Monat die des Vorjahres – am stärksten im Januar und Februar, was sich durch die pandemiebedingten Einschränkungen im Jahr 2022 erklären lässt. Aber auch in den Frühjahrsmonaten und im Juni übertraf der Tourismus das Vorjahr. Vor allem Reisende aus dem Ausland trieben das Wachstum, die Zahl ihrer Übernachtungen stieg um 22,5 Prozent, die von Einheimischen um 5,8 Prozent.