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STAT/10/26

22 February 2010

Tourism in the EU27

Total nights spent in hotels fell by 5% in 2009

Nights spent by non-residents down by 9%

In 2009, nearly 1.5 billion nights were spent in hotels and similar establishments 1 in the EU27 , a decrease of 5.1% compared with 2008, after an annual change of -0.2% in 2008 and +3.5% in 2007. The number of hotel nights spent by residents in their own country in 2009 fell by 1.6% and hotel nights spent by non-residents fell by 9.1%.

The decline in the number of hotel nights in the EU27 , which began in the middle of 2008, slowed down during 2009. The number of hotel nights fell at an annual rate of 8.0% in January-April 2009 (compared with the same period of the previous year), of 4.1% in May-August and of 3.6% in September-December.

These estimates, which include nights spent whether for business or leisure, come from a publication 2 from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union .

Change in number of hotel nights varied in 2009 from -23.3% in Latvia to +0.1% in Sweden

Amongst the Member States, the highest numbers of nights spent in hotels in 200 9 were recorded in Spain (251 million nights, -6.5% compared with 2008), Italy (238 mn, -4.3%), Germany (216 mn, -1.4%), France (191 mn,

-5.6%) and the United Kingdom (170 mn, -1.7%). These five countries accounted for more than 70% of the total number of hotel nights in the EU27 .

The number of nights spent in hotels in 2009 fell in all Member States, except Sweden (+0.1%). The largest decreases were recorded in Latvia (-23.3%), Lithuania (-20.4%), Cyprus (-19.7%) and Slovakia (-18.1%), and the smallest in Germany (-1.4%), the United Kingdom (-1.7%), Slovenia (-2.1%) and Austria (-2.9%).

Share o f non-residents ranged from 15% in Romania to 96% in Malta

In 2009, non-residents accounted for 44% of the total number of nights spent in hotels in the EU27 compared with 56% for residents. Apart from the two Mediterranean islands, Malta (96%) and Cyprus (89%), the highest proportions of non-residents were registered in Latvia (73%), Greece and Austria (both 72%). The lowest proportions of non-residents were recorded in Romania (15%), Germany (20%), Sweden (24%), Finland (27%) and Poland (30%).

The highest number s of hotel nights spent by non-residents were registered in Spain (142 mn, -8.9% compared with 2008), Italy (102 mn, -7.5%), France (64 mn, -11.1%), the United Kingdom (59 mn, -7.8%) and Austria

(58 mn, -4.6%), while for residents the highest levels were observed in Germany (173 mn, -0.6%), Italy (135 mn,

-1.9%), France (127 mn, -2.5%), the United Kingdom (111 mn, +2.2%) and Spain (109 mn, -3.1%).

Nights spent in hotels and similar establishments (in millions)

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  Data not available

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  2009 estimates based on 9, 10, 11 or 12 months data as available. LU: estimate not possible due to limited data availability.

** Sep-Dec estimates based on available data.

BE: Belgium, BG: Bulgaria, CZ: Czech Republic, DK: Denmark, DE: Germany, EE: Estonia, IE: Ireland, EL: Greece, ES: Spain, FR: France,

IT: Italy, CY: Cyprus, LV: Latvia, LT: Lithuania, LU: Luxembourg, HU: Hungary, MT: Malta, NL: Netherlands, AT: Austria, PL: Poland,

PT: Portugal, RO: Romania, SI: Slovenia, SK: Slovakia, FI: Finland, SE: Sweden, UK: United Kingdom, HR: Croatia, CH: Switzerland, LI: Liechtenstein, NO: Norway.

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  Hotels and similar establishments ("Hotels" in the text): Hotels, apartment hotels, motels, roadside inns, beach hotels and other similar establishments which provide hotel services including more than bed-making and cleaning of the room and sanitary facilities. Similar establishments are other similar types of accommodation which is let per room and has a limited number of hotel-type services, including bed making and cleaning of rooms and sanitary facilities, on a daily basis.

The number of nights includes nights spent by both residents and non-residents, whether for business or leisure.

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  Eurostat , Data in Focus, 4/2010 "Tourism in Europe: First results for 2009". Available free of charge in PDF format on the Eurostat website.

Eurostat news releases on the Internet: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat