Data / Rankings / Nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests) / EU countries

EU countries by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests)

Spain had the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests) of 27 EU countries in 2016, at 294.56 million. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 2.94 million. The median was 15.58 million and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1.21 billion. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Keep it in a collection in your library.
Highest294,556,428Spain
Lowest2,936,548Luxembourg
Median15,579,22527 EU countries
European Union (27)1,212,747,965History

Map of EU countries, 2016

Austria: 83,398,372 countBelgium: 17,063,194 countBulgaria: 16,150,666 countCyprus: 14,504,702 countCzechia: 24,268,149 countGermany: 79,946,914 countDenmark: 11,630,004 countEstonia: 4,014,581 countSpain: 294,556,428 countFinland: 5,771,275 countFrance: 123,913,410 countGreece: 87,912,850 countCroatia: 72,064,582 countHungary: 13,802,045 countIreland: 16,190,381 countItaly: 199,421,814 countLithuania: 3,273,420 countLuxembourg: 2,936,548 countLatvia: 3,044,532 countMalta: 8,622,438 countNetherlands: 39,623,541 countPoland: 15,579,225 countPortugal: 43,959,295 countRomania: 4,812,050 countSweden: 13,997,265 countSlovenia: 7,252,070 countSlovakia: 5,038,214 count
  • Under 5M
  • 5M to 14M
  • 14M to 17M
  • 17M to 78M
  • 78M and over
count, 2016. Source: Eurostat, Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2016

Spain: 294,556,428 countSpain294,556,428Italy: 199,421,814 countItaly199,421,814France: 123,913,410 countFrance123,913,410Greece: 87,912,850 countGreece87,912,850Austria: 83,398,372 countAustria83,398,372Germany: 79,946,914 countGermany79,946,914Croatia: 72,064,582 countCroatia72,064,582Portugal: 43,959,295 countPortugal43,959,295Netherlands: 39,623,541 countNetherlands39,623,541Czechia: 24,268,149 countCzechia24,268,149Belgium: 17,063,194 countBelgium17,063,194Ireland: 16,190,381 countIreland16,190,381Bulgaria: 16,150,666 countBulgaria16,150,666Poland: 15,579,225 countPoland15,579,225Cyprus: 14,504,702 countCyprus14,504,702Sweden: 13,997,265 countSweden13,997,265Hungary: 13,802,045 countHungary13,802,045Denmark: 11,630,004 countDenmark11,630,004Malta: 8,622,438 countMalta8,622,438Slovenia: 7,252,070 countSlovenia7,252,070Finland: 5,771,275 countFinland5,771,275Slovakia: 5,038,214 countSlovakia5,038,214Romania: 4,812,050 countRomania4,812,050Estonia: 4,014,581 countEstonia4,014,581Lithuania: 3,273,420 countLithuania3,273,420Latvia: 3,044,532 countLatvia3,044,532Luxembourg: 2,936,548 countLuxembourg2,936,548Spain: 294,556,428 countSpain294,556,428Italy: 199,421,814 countItaly199,421,814France: 123,913,410 countFrance123,913,410Greece: 87,912,850 countGreece87,912,850Austria: 83,398,372 countAustria83,398,372Germany: 79,946,914 countGermany79,946,914Croatia: 72,064,582 countCroatia72,064,582Portugal: 43,959,295 countPortugal43,959,295Netherlands: 39,623,541 countNetherlands39,623,541Czechia: 24,268,149 countCzechia24,268,149Belgium: 17,063,194 countBelgium17,063,194Ireland: 16,190,381 countIreland16,190,381Bulgaria: 16,150,666 countBulgaria16,150,666Poland: 15,579,225 countPoland15,579,225Cyprus: 14,504,702 countCyprus14,504,702Sweden: 13,997,265 countSweden13,997,265Hungary: 13,802,045 countHungary13,802,045Denmark: 11,630,004 countDenmark11,630,004Malta: 8,622,438 countMalta8,622,438Slovenia: 7,252,070 countSlovenia7,252,070Finland: 5,771,275 countFinland5,771,275Slovakia: 5,038,214 countSlovakia5,038,214Romania: 4,812,050 countRomania4,812,050Estonia: 4,014,581 countEstonia4,014,581Lithuania: 3,273,420 countLithuania3,273,420Latvia: 3,044,532 countLatvia3,044,532Luxembourg: 2,936,548 countLuxembourg2,936,548
count. Source: Eurostat, Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2016
count		Change on 2015
1Spain294,556,428+9.3%
2Italy199,421,814+3.5%
3France Low reliability123,913,410-5%
4Greece87,912,850+3.2%
5Austria83,398,372+3.9%
6Germany79,946,914+1.4%
7Croatia72,064,582+9.7%
8Portugal43,959,295+13%
9Netherlands39,623,541+6.2%
10Czechia24,268,149+4.2%
11Belgium17,063,194-9.5%
12Ireland Estimated16,190,381+20.3%
13Bulgaria16,150,666+21%
14Poland15,579,225+13.2%
15Cyprus14,504,702+15.6%
16Sweden13,997,265+2.8%
17Hungary13,802,045+6.5%
18Denmark11,630,004+4.1%
19Malta8,622,438+0.9%
20Slovenia7,252,070+11.1%
21Finland5,771,275+4.7%
22Slovakia5,038,214+14.9%
23Romania4,812,050+7.9%
24Estonia4,014,581+6.5%
25Lithuania3,273,420+8.7%
26Latvia3,044,532+5.9%
27Luxembourg2,936,548+2.6%

Other periods

About this ranking

Nights spent in the year by guests whose usual residence is outside the country, at hotels and similar accommodation, holiday and other short-stay accommodation, and campsites (NACE Rev. 2 groups 55.1 to 55.3) (Eurostat).

Guests are classed by country of residence, not nationality: a Spanish citizen living in France counts as non-resident in Spain. Nights by residents and non-residents together are tourist_nights. 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. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2) (EU countries by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests), 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table

MLA 9

Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2), EU countries by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests), 2016. Eurostat, European Commission, 9 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/tourist-nights-non-residents/eu-countries?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2). EU countries by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests), 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/tourist-nights-non-residents/eu-countries?period=2016.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2), EU countries by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests), 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/tourist-nights-non-residents/eu-countries?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{eurostat_eu_countries_by_nights_2016,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour\_occ\_nin2): EU countries by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests), 2016}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/tourist-nights-non-residents/eu-countries?period=2016. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour\_occ\_nin2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour\_occ\_nin2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - Eurostat, European Commission
TI  - Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2): EU countries by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests), 2016
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/09
PB  - Eurostat, European Commission
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table
L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/tourist-nights-non-residents/eu-countries?period=2016
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/tourist-nights-non-residents/eu-countries?period=2016.
N1  - Publisher attribution: Eurostat. Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  -
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank EU countries by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests) using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"tourist_nights_non_residents","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=tourist_nights_non_residents&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which EU country has the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests)?

Spain, with 294.56 million in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests)?

Luxembourg, with 2.94 million in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests): other rankings

EU countries: more rankings