Aantal hotelovernachtingen in Europa verder teruggelopen in 2009 (en)

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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)

 
 

2009 *

Change 2009/2008, %

Total

of which:

Total

of which:

Change 2009/2008, %

 

Non-residents

Residents

 

Non-residents

Residents

Jan-Apr

May-Aug

Sep-Dec **

EU27

1496.2

658.3

837.9

-5.1

-9.1

-1.6

-8.0

-4.1

-3.6

BE

15.7

10.2

5.5

-4.9

-8.2

1.6

-6.0

-4.5

-3.7

BG

14.2

9.4

4.8

-16.5

-19.5

-8.7

-8.0

-16.9

-23.4

CZ

25.7

16.0

9.7

-6.2

-9.6

-0.2

-8.4

-4.7

-5.9

DK

9.9

4.2

5.7

-8.5

-6.7

-9.8

-12.0

-8.4

-5.1

DE

215.8

43.2

172.6

-1.4

-4.6

-0.6

-3.8

-0.3

-0.6

EE

3.5

2.5

0.9

-10.0

-7.3

-16.9

-12.3

-9.9

-6.8

IE

23.6

15.2

8.5

-15.4

-20.2

-3.9

-12.3

-16.9

-15.9

EL

59.5

42.6

17.0

-7.3

-9.9

0.9

-7.7

-6.9

-8.3

ES

251.1

141.6

109.5

-6.5

-8.9

-3.1

-10.5

-5.7

-3.8

FR

191.2

63.8

127.4

-5.6

-11.1

-2.5

-8.2

-4.7

-2.0

IT

237.7

102.2

135.4

-4.3

-7.5

-1.9

-9.0

-2.7

-1.5

CY

11.5

10.2

1.2

-19.7

-21.9

5.1

-9.4

-20.1

-25.6

LV

2.2

1.6

0.6

-23.3

-16.5

-37.6

-24.4

-22.9

-22.7

LT

2.1

1.3

0.7

-20.4

-14.6

-29.3

-22.7

-19.8

-18.7

LU

:

:

:

:

:

:

-10.6

-9.9

:

HU

14.7

7.6

7.1

-9.5

-10.5

-8.4

-11.7

-8.8

-7.2

MT

6.7

6.4

0.4

-13.3

-14.1

5.9

-14.7

-15.2

-8.5

NL

31.4

14.3

17.0

-4.0

-5.0

-3.1

-6.8

-2.3

-3.1

AT

80.0

57.7

22.3

-2.9

-4.6

1.6

-3.9

-2.6

-1.2

PL

24.5

7.4

17.0

-3.1

-6.5

-1.5

-6.9

-1.5

-0.9

PT

36.5

23.3

13.1

-7.3

-11.8

2.2

-11.2

-5.9

-5.5

RO

16.6

2.5

14.0

-16.4

-21.9

-15.3

-23.1

-13.1

-17.7

SI

5.5

3.4

2.1

-2.1

-7.8

8.9

-1.6

-1.5

-3.6

SK

6.3

2.8

3.5

-18.1

-28.4

-6.3

-18.6

-19.4

-14.1

FI

15.0

4.1

10.9

-6.8

-13.4

-4.1

-7.5

-6.2

-6.9

SE

25.9

6.1

19.9

0.1

3.3

-0.9

-5.3

4.6

-1.6

UK

169.6

58.5

111.1

-1.7

-7.8

2.2

-7.7

2.3

-2.0

HR

18.6

16.1

2.5

-9.4

-8.5

-14.5

-7.4

-10.1

-8.0

CH

35.3

20.0

15.4

-5.4

-7.1

-3.2

-7.4

-5.6

-1.0

LI

0.1

0.1

0.0

-8.4

-9.1

18.5

-7.2

-9.4

-8.7

NO

17.6

4.4

13.2

-3.6

-10.3

-1.0

-7.2

-2.1

-1.0

  • Data not available
  • 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.

  • 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.

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

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