NUTS 3 areas of Belgium by guest nights in short-stay rentals booked through online platforms

Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad had the highest guest nights in short-stay rentals booked through online platforms of 44 areas in 2021, at 890,506. Arr. La Louvière had the lowest, at 5,241. The median was 58,308 and the figure for Belgium was 6.52 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest890,506Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad

Lowest5,241Arr. La Louvière

Median58,30844 areas

Belgium6,519,961History

All areas, 2021

count. Source: Eurostat, Guest nights spent at short-stay accommodation offered via online platforms by NUTS 3 region, residents and non-residents (tour_ce_oan3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Areas	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad	890,506	+5.9%
2	Arr. Oostende	712,585	+74.6%
3	Arr. Brugge	590,934	+61.1%
4	Arr. Veurne	514,201	+66.1%
5	Arr. Verviers - communes francophones	417,347	+54.7%
6	Arr. Marche-en-Famenne	411,509	+54.8%
7	Arr. Antwerpen	379,535	+49.6%
8	Arr. Dinant	297,129	+56.9%
9	Arr. Gent	269,690	+45%
10	Arr. Liège	206,741	+36%
11	Arr. Neufchâteau	169,318	+51%
12	Arr. Bastogne	166,947	+57.2%
13	Arr. Namur	119,710	+31.1%
14	Arr. Tongeren	109,688	+63.4%
15	Arr. Leuven	95,078	+43.8%
16	Arr. Nivelles	87,007	+20.9%
17	Arr. Ieper	77,255	+80.9%
18	Arr. Halle-Vilvoorde	75,916	+33.4%
19	Bezirk Verviers - Deutschsprachige Gemeinschaft	75,333	+35%
20	Arr. Maaseik	72,510	+78.3%
21	Arr. Philippeville	69,652	+40.7%
22	Arr. Turnhout	59,236	+63.7%
23	Arr. Hasselt	57,380	+59.1%
24	Arr. Tournai-Mouscron	56,431	+54%
25	Arr. Huy	53,933	+37.3%
26	Arr. Oudenaarde	46,323	+62.2%
27	Arr. Thuin	43,905	+54.9%
28	Arr. Diksmuide	43,686	+107%
29	Arr. Virton	37,866	+50.8%
30	Arr. Charleroi	36,854	+19.1%
31	Arr. Mons	36,410	+52.8%
32	Arr. Ath	32,258	+61%
33	Arr. Mechelen	30,605	+44.8%
34	Arr. Kortrijk	28,434	+43.5%
35	Arr. Aalst	27,397	+81%
36	Arr. Eeklo	19,428	+46.7%
37	Arr. Sint-Niklaas	18,083	+45%
38	Arr. Dendermonde	17,401	+26.4%
39	Arr. Waremme	14,004	+47.5%
40	Arr. Soignies	12,937	+45.9%
41	Arr. Roeselare	12,232	+78.7%
42	Arr. Tielt	10,776	+49.3%
43	Arr. Arlon	10,550	+47.9%
44	Arr. La Louvière	5,241	+48.1%

Other periods

About this ranking

Nights spent by guests, residents of the country and visitors from abroad together, in short-stay accommodation (NACE Rev. 2 group 55.2: holiday flats, houses and rooms) booked through Airbnb, Booking or Expedia, from booking data the platforms share with Eurostat. Every guest counts: a family of four staying three nights is 12 guest nights.

Official statistics compiled by Eurostat from data the platforms transmit under agreements with the European Commission, published only as totals across platforms. Data start in 2018. Tripadvisor also reported until 2024; Eurostat found no break when it left. Hotels listed on the platforms are not included. Do not add these nights to tourist_nights: national accommodation surveys already count some of the same rentals. Eurostat withholds NUTS 3 values where few bookings would reveal individual hosts.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the areas are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Guest nights spent at short-stay accommodation offered via online platforms by NUTS 3 region, residents and non-residents (tour_ce_oan3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_ce_oan3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Guest nights spent at short-stay accommodation offered via online platforms by NUTS 3 region, residents and non-residents (tour_ce_oan3) (NUTS 3 areas of Belgium by guest nights in short-stay rentals booked through online platforms, 2021) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_ce_oan3/default/table

MLA 9

Guest nights spent at short-stay accommodation offered via online platforms by NUTS 3 region, residents and non-residents (tour_ce_oan3), NUTS 3 areas of Belgium by guest nights in short-stay rentals booked through online platforms, 2021. Eurostat, European Commission, 22 Sept. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_ce_oan3/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/short-stay-platform-guest-nights/belgium-provinces?period=2021. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Guest nights spent at short-stay accommodation offered via online platforms by NUTS 3 region, residents and non-residents (tour_ce_oan3). NUTS 3 areas of Belgium by guest nights in short-stay rentals booked through online platforms, 2021. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_ce_oan3/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/short-stay-platform-guest-nights/belgium-provinces?period=2021.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Guest nights spent at short-stay accommodation offered via online platforms by NUTS 3 region, residents and non-residents (tour_ce_oan3), NUTS 3 areas of Belgium by guest nights in short-stay rentals booked through online platforms, 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_ce_oan3/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/short-stay-platform-guest-nights/belgium-provinces?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{eurostat_nuts_3_areas_of_2021,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Guest nights spent at short-stay accommodation offered via online platforms by NUTS 3 region, residents and non-residents (tour\_ce\_oan3): NUTS 3 areas of Belgium by guest nights in short-stay rentals booked through online platforms, 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_ce_oan3/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/short-stay-platform-guest-nights/belgium-provinces?period=2021. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Guest nights spent at short-stay accommodation offered via online platforms by NUTS 3 region, residents and non-residents (tour\_ce\_oan3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour\_ce\_oan3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}

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Which area has the highest guest nights in short-stay rentals booked through online platforms?

Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad, with 890,506 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest guest nights in short-stay rentals booked through online platforms?

Arr. La Louvière, with 5,241 in 2021.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Guest nights spent at short-stay accommodation offered via online platforms by NUTS 3 region, residents and non-residents (tour_ce_oan3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.