EU countries by arrivals at tourist accommodation

Germany had the highest arrivals at tourist accommodation of 26 EU countries in 2018, at 179.24 million. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 1.28 million. The median was 15.34 million and the figure for the European Union (27) was 969.15 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest179,242,169Germany

Lowest1,276,749Luxembourg

Median15,337,98626 EU countries

European Union (27)969,154,463History

Map of EU countries, 2018

Under 4M
4M to 12M
12M to 21M
21M to 40M
40M and over
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count, 2018. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Eurostat, Arrivals at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 2 region, residents and non-residents, hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_arn2). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2018

count. Source: Eurostat, Arrivals at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 2 region, residents and non-residents, hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_arn2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Germany	179,242,169	+4%
2	France Low reliability	171,475,894	+2.8%
3	Spain	130,803,657	+1.1%
4	Italy	128,100,932	+4%
5	Netherlands	43,912,615	+4%
6	Austria	40,093,480	+3.9%
7	Poland	33,895,930	+6%
8	Greece	33,585,639	+23.4%
9	Sweden	30,736,850	+2.9%
10	Portugal	25,866,422	+5.3%
11	Czechia	21,247,150	+6.2%
12	Croatia	18,648,937	+7.1%
13	Belgium	17,559,915	+7.6%
14	Hungary	13,116,056	+5.3%
15	Romania	12,815,999	+6.3%
16	Ireland Estimated	12,260,206	n/a
17	Finland	11,967,117	+1.5%
18	Denmark Estimated	7,966,674	+3.8%
19	Bulgaria	7,799,680	+4.5%
20	Slovakia	5,487,207	+3.8%
21	Lithuania	3,620,390	+11.3%
22	Estonia	3,591,495	+1.3%
23	Cyprus	3,177,161	+7.8%
24	Latvia	2,808,808	+9%
25	Malta	1,982,579	+8.4%
26	Luxembourg	1,276,749	-1.1%

Other periods

About this ranking

Guests who check in at tourist accommodation establishments in the year, residents of the country and visitors from abroad together: hotels and similar accommodation, holiday and other short-stay accommodation, and campsites (NACE Rev. 2 groups 55.1 to 55.3) (Eurostat).

Counts check-ins, not people: a traveller who stays at three establishments on one trip is counted three times. Not the number of international visitors to a country, which is international_tourists or international_visitor_arrivals. From the EU survey of occupancy in tourist accommodation establishments. Countries may leave out establishments with fewer than 10 bed places (20 in countries with under 1% of EU nights), and private rentals booked through online platforms are partly outside the survey: see short_stay_platform_guest_nights.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. 1 EU countries with data in other periods have no value for 2018 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Arrivals at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 2 region, residents and non-residents, hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_arn2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_arn2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Arrivals at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 2 region, residents and non-residents, hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_arn2) (EU countries by arrivals at tourist accommodation, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_arn2/default/table

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Arrivals at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 2 region, residents and non-residents, hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_arn2), EU countries by arrivals at tourist accommodation, 2018. Eurostat, European Commission, 9 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_arn2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/tourist-accommodation-arrivals/eu-countries?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Arrivals at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 2 region, residents and non-residents, hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_arn2). EU countries by arrivals at tourist accommodation, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_arn2/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/tourist-accommodation-arrivals/eu-countries?period=2018.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Arrivals at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 2 region, residents and non-residents, hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_arn2), EU countries by arrivals at tourist accommodation, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_arn2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/tourist-accommodation-arrivals/eu-countries?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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Which EU country has the highest arrivals at tourist accommodation?

Germany, with 179.24 million in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest arrivals at tourist accommodation?

Luxembourg, with 1.28 million in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Arrivals at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 2 region, residents and non-residents, hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_arn2). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 1 EU countries have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.