EU regions (NUTS 2) by arrivals at tourist accommodation

Ile-de-France had the highest arrivals at tourist accommodation of 235 regions in 2018, at 40.26 million. Mayotte had the lowest, at 31,910. The median was 2.69 million and the figure for the European Union (27) was 969.15 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest40,260,504Ile-de-France

Lowest31,910Mayotte

Median2,688,586235 regions

European Union (27)969,154,463History

Top 40 regions, 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	Regions	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Ile-de-France Low reliability	40,260,504	+7.4%
2	Catalonia	25,191,912	+0.7%
3	Andalusia	22,822,482	+2.5%
4	Veneto	19,563,348	+2%
5	Oberbayern	17,843,744	+5.9%
6	Rhône-Alpes	17,782,175	+0.6%
7	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	17,549,871	+0.1%
8	Lombardia	16,757,628	+1.2%
9	Jadranska Hrvatska	16,133,995	+6.7%
10	Noord-Holland	14,325,547	+3.4%
11	Toscana	14,188,009	+4.3%
12	Canary Islands	13,633,789	-1.7%
13	Berlin	13,486,202	+4.1%
14	Community of Madrid	13,408,266	+2.7%
15	Lazio	12,575,617	+8.5%
16	Balearic Islands	12,191,598	+1.2%
17	Valencian Community	11,943,949	+2.5%
18	Emilia-Romagna	11,458,497	+3.7%
19	Darmstadt	10,826,229	+3.8%
20	Aquitaine	10,648,163	+0.1%
21	Tirol	10,383,031	+4%
22	Languedoc-Roussillon	9,408,272	+1.8%
23	Schleswig-Holstein	8,435,291	+11.3%
24	Bretagne	7,994,326	+2.4%
25	Pays de la Loire	7,967,215	+3.5%
26	Praha	7,892,184	+3.1%
27	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	7,705,674	+4.7%
28	Stockholm	7,691,271	+4.9%
29	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	7,509,926	+3%
30	Köln	7,475,900	+2%
31	Wien	7,359,627	+5.3%
32	Notio Aigaio	7,354,811	+37.6%
33	Hamburg	7,175,332	+5.8%
34	Düsseldorf	7,040,324	+3.8%
35	Salzburg	6,984,464	+3.9%
36	Freiburg	6,810,169	+4.7%
37	Midi-Pyrénées	6,641,688	-0.4%
38	Västsverige	6,587,426	+2.3%
39	Castile and León	6,316,373	+1.4%
40	Campania	6,234,863	+10.5%
41	Kriti	6,217,960	+25.3%
42	Stuttgart	6,182,908	+3.2%
43	Schwaben	5,653,383	+5.8%
44	Centre - Val de Loire Low reliability	5,587,645	+2.3%
45	Eastern and Midland Estimated	5,527,276	n/a
46	Norte	5,510,778	+7.5%
47	Alsace Low reliability	5,417,359	+4.1%
48	Piemonte	5,276,117	+1.9%
49	Karlsruhe	5,257,108	+2.9%
50	Małopolskie	5,207,352	+6.2%
51	Poitou-Charentes Low reliability	5,158,084	-0%
52	Weser-Ems	5,082,691	+4.6%
53	Attiki	5,047,322	+14.8%
54	Sicilia	4,998,055	+2.9%
55	Brandenburg	4,921,861	+3.2%
56	Galicia	4,826,778	-5.8%
57	Nord-Pas de Calais Low reliability	4,815,080	+2.7%
58	Liguria	4,718,832	-0.4%
59	Algarve	4,667,696	+5.2%
60	Bourgogne	4,620,046	+0.9%
61	Basse-Normandie Low reliability	4,616,629	+5.9%
62	Warszawski stołeczny	4,578,538	+2.8%
63	Budapest	4,510,552	+5%
64	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	4,415,851	+2.9%
65	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	4,276,059	+6.6%
66	Mittelfranken	4,234,426	+6.9%
67	Kentriki Makedonia	4,197,280	+17.2%
68	Limburg (NL)	4,147,286	+3.9%
69	Gelderland	4,116,824	+5.9%
70	Puglia	4,065,979	+3.9%
71	Noord-Brabant	4,048,265	+3.1%
72	Arnsberg	4,007,335	+0.8%
73	Dresden	3,987,717	+3.3%
74	Lorraine Low reliability	3,897,950	+3.2%
75	Helsinki-Uusimaa	3,848,098	+0.2%
76	Steiermark	3,748,160	+2%
77	Basque Country	3,737,044	+2.5%
78	Aragon	3,727,291	+1.5%
79	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	3,712,055	+8.7%
80	Thüringen	3,655,964	-0.8%
81	Dolnośląskie	3,654,787	+10%
82	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	3,640,692	+2%
83	Sydsverige	3,629,625	+5.1%
84	Southern Estimated	3,613,952	n/a
85	Eesti	3,591,495	+1.3%
86	Hovedstaden Estimated	3,582,093	+8.4%
87	Koblenz	3,538,320	+0.5%
88	Östra Mellansverige	3,511,023	+2.7%
89	Tübingen	3,364,148	+6.2%
90	Sachsen-Anhalt	3,352,758	+1.4%
91	Lüneburg	3,344,114	+4.5%
92	Hannover	3,290,217	+1.8%
93	Sardegna	3,280,894	+5.9%
94	Kýpros	3,177,161	+7.8%
95	Auvergne Low reliability	3,164,225	-1.2%
96	Northern and Western Estimated	3,118,978	n/a
97	Kassel	3,103,123	-2.3%
98	Niederbayern	3,059,647	+4.4%
99	Pomorskie	3,047,790	+6.5%
100	Zachodniopomorskie	3,041,149	+10.2%
101	Centru	3,022,130	+6.9%
102	Corse	2,968,645	+1.1%
103	Norra Mellansverige	2,959,732	+3.1%
104	Ionia Nisia	2,951,396	+25.8%
105	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	2,950,262	+2.8%
106	Oberösterreich	2,897,439	+5.7%
107	Kärnten	2,862,452	+1.7%
108	Braunschweig	2,836,493	+4.3%
109	Småland med öarna	2,816,557	-2.5%
110	Castilla-La Mancha	2,815,457	+3.2%
111	Śląskie	2,809,293	+8.2%
112	Latvija	2,808,808	+9%
113	Severovýchod	2,807,682	+5.4%
114	Unterfranken	2,782,379	+2.5%
115	Niederösterreich	2,769,708	+5.7%
116	Haute-Normandie	2,716,679	+2.5%
117	Champagne-Ardenne	2,691,354	+5.9%
118	Picardie	2,688,586	-1.4%
119	Jihovýchod	2,643,114	+7.9%
120	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	2,610,097	+6.6%
121	Zeeland	2,598,450	+8.3%
122	Jihozápad	2,566,891	+11%
123	Länsi-Suomi	2,447,983	+2.8%
124	Umbria	2,436,857	+14.7%
125	Overijssel	2,351,104	+6%
126	Leipzig	2,318,339	+6.3%
127	Asturias	2,314,672	-1%
128	Bucureşti-Ilfov	2,279,155	+3.5%
129	Marche	2,256,564	+6.6%
130	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	2,192,274	+10.8%
131	Trier	2,171,006	+3.4%
132	Yugozapaden	2,152,338	+1.9%
133	Prov. Antwerpen	2,136,762	+11.2%
134	Vorarlberg	2,125,826	+2.4%
135	Wielkopolskie	2,099,501	+4.6%
136	Münster	2,064,857	+0.8%
137	Övre Norrland	2,037,065	+1.4%
138	Oberpfalz	2,036,094	+2.2%
139	Cantabria	2,032,945	+5%
140	Oberfranken	2,015,097	+3%
141	Nyugat-Dunántúl	2,011,600	+4.9%
142	Peloponnisos	2,008,220	+28%
143	Malta	1,982,579	+8.4%
144	Franche-Comté Low reliability	1,973,364	-1.5%
145	Drenthe	1,936,080	+5.4%
146	Detmold	1,911,545	+0.5%
147	Yugoiztochen	1,902,742	+4.2%
148	Extremadura	1,855,868	+4.9%
149	Syddanmark Estimated	1,829,067	+2.6%
150	Etelä-Suomi	1,826,655	+1.5%
151	Calabria	1,825,863	+1.4%
152	Friesland (NL)	1,824,507	+1.7%
153	Sud-Est	1,799,966	+9.7%
154	Severoiztochen	1,778,345	+7%
155	Severozápad	1,750,153	+7.3%
156	Chemnitz	1,729,527	+2.5%
157	Nord-Vest	1,709,676	+9.1%
158	Stredné Slovensko	1,696,511	+8.6%
159	Abruzzo	1,643,087	+6.1%
160	Region of Murcia	1,631,107	+1.2%
161	Mellersta Norrland	1,504,151	+3%
162	Střední Morava	1,479,236	+7.8%
163	Közép-Dunántúl	1,458,619	+8.3%
164	Bratislavský kraj	1,453,468	+0.6%
165	Thessalia	1,445,235	+16.2%
166	Sostinės regionas	1,428,116	+12%
167	Navarre	1,410,797	-2.6%
168	Bremen	1,406,952	+6.1%
169	Grad Zagreb	1,400,201	n/a
170	Prov. Limburg (BE)	1,380,795	+7%
171	Łódzkie	1,351,302	+3.3%
172	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	1,337,390	+11.5%
173	Kujawsko-pomorskie	1,326,633	+2.5%
174	Limousin	1,319,940	-1.3%
175	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1,313,257	-1.8%
176	Warmińsko-mazurskie	1,308,573	+3.6%
177	Východné Slovensko	1,285,723	+4.1%
178	Észak-Magyarország	1,280,516	+2.7%
179	Luxembourg	1,276,749	-1.1%
180	Podkarpackie	1,263,445	+3.1%
181	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	1,254,191	+0.2%
182	Nord-Est	1,235,777	+5.9%
183	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1,191,110	+9.5%
184	Yuzhen tsentralen	1,184,296	+5.3%
185	Dél-Dunántúl	1,167,350	-0.6%
186	Gießen	1,162,584	+2.4%
187	Střední Čechy	1,122,095	+9.9%
188	Prov. Liège	1,103,064	+2.4%
189	Midtjylland Estimated	1,092,105	-1.2%
190	Lubelskie	1,079,253	+5.1%
191	Západné Slovensko	1,051,505	+0.6%
192	Sud-Muntenia	1,026,161	+6.4%
193	Saarland	1,022,449	+0.9%
194	Vest	1,011,144	+5.7%
195	Észak-Alföld	1,009,154	+5.1%
196	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	987,294	+12.2%
197	Moravskoslezsko	985,795	+9.9%
198	Ipeiros	964,718	+28.5%
199	Burgenland	962,773	-0.2%
200	Sterea Elláda	959,343	+22.4%
201	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	936,711	+7.5%
202	Dél-Alföld	936,018	+6.8%
203	Basilicata	892,087	+13.4%
204	Nordjylland Estimated	882,765	+0.1%
205	Groningen	850,173	+28.7%
206	Dytiki Elláda	801,929	+10.9%
207	La Rioja	800,414	-3.2%
208	Mazowiecki regionalny	758,425	+18.6%
209	Pest	742,247	+15.7%
210	Sud-Vest Oltenia	731,990	+0.4%
211	Região Autónoma dos Açores	705,534	+16.7%
212	Flevoland	697,055	-5.8%
213	La Réunion	695,382	+9.6%
214	Lubuskie	687,751	+4%
215	Panonska Hrvatska	664,080	n/a
216	Podlaskie	638,801	-4.2%
217	Świętokrzyskie	624,099	+7.6%
218	Prov. Hainaut	616,713	+0.3%
219	Sjælland Estimated	580,644	-3%
220	Voreio Aigaio	535,501	+10.2%
221	Prov. Namur	521,651	-2.7%
222	Severen tsentralen	491,569	+10.5%
223	Sjeverna Hrvatska	450,661	n/a
224	Opolskie	419,238	-0.6%
225	Guadeloupe Low reliability	355,318	+4.7%
226	Martinique Low reliability	350,916	+9.7%
227	Prov. Brabant wallon	297,022	+4.3%
228	Severozapaden	290,390	-0.1%
229	Åland	203,689	-0.1%
230	Dytiki Makedonia	165,213	+5.6%
231	Guyane Low reliability	154,568	+11%
232	Molise	138,570	+5.7%
233	Ceuta	76,245	-1.6%
234	Melilla	66,668	+7.8%
235	Mayotte	31,910	+1.4%

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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 regions are compared on one definition. 9 regions 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.

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Which region has the highest arrivals at tourist accommodation?

Ile-de-France, with 40.26 million in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest arrivals at tourist accommodation?

Mayotte, with 31,910 in 2018.

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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. 9 regions have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.