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EU regions (NUTS 2) by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests)

Canary Islands had the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests) of 229 regions in 2018, at 88.24 million. Melilla had the lowest, at 35,117. The median was 1.8 million and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1.34 billion. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest88,242,389Canary Islands
Lowest35,117Melilla
Median1,802,976229 regions
European Union (27)1,344,089,315History

Top 40 regions, 2018

Canary Islands: 88,242,389 countCanary Islands88,242,389Jadranska Hrvatska: 79,745,457 countJadranska Hrvatska79,745,457Balearic Islands: 64,036,557 countBalearic Islands64,036,557Catalonia: 54,434,636 countCatalonia54,434,636Ile-de-France: 47,432,368 countIle-de-France47,432,368Veneto: 46,882,151 countVeneto46,882,151Andalusia: 38,122,211 countAndalusia38,122,211Tirol: 34,933,132 countTirol34,933,132Notio Aigaio: 33,719,298 countNotio Aigaio33,719,298Kriti: 33,172,963 countKriti33,172,963Valencian Community: 26,068,944 countValencian Community26,068,944Toscana: 25,940,413 countToscana25,940,413Lombardia: 23,452,946 countLombardia23,452,946Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen: 22,949,184 countProvincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Boz…22,949,184Lazio: 22,857,182 countLazio22,857,182Noord-Holland: 21,252,732 countNoord-Holland21,252,732Salzburg: 18,377,446 countSalzburg18,377,446Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 17,644,768 countProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur17,644,768Algarve: 16,862,546 countAlgarve16,862,546Ionia Nisia: 16,861,899 countIonia Nisia16,861,899Kýpros: 16,247,342 countKýpros16,247,342Praha: 16,133,000 countPraha16,133,000Rhône-Alpes: 15,208,859 countRhône-Alpes15,208,859Berlin: 15,084,908 countBerlin15,084,908Community of Madrid: 14,559,334 countCommunity of Madrid14,559,334Kentriki Makedonia: 13,067,009 countKentriki Makedonia13,067,009Wien: 12,887,502 countWien12,887,502Oberbayern: 12,723,492 countOberbayern12,723,492Emilia-Romagna: 10,836,813 countEmilia-Romagna10,836,813Campania: 10,421,059 countCampania10,421,059Malta: 9,685,156 countMalta9,685,156Budapest: 9,031,633 countBudapest9,031,633Eastern and Midland: 8,920,242 countEastern and Midland8,920,242Aquitaine: 8,808,108 countAquitaine8,808,108Languedoc-Roussillon: 8,703,592 countLanguedoc-Roussillon8,703,592Attiki: 7,950,363 countAttiki7,950,363Yugoiztochen: 7,871,157 countYugoiztochen7,871,157Sardegna: 7,702,591 countSardegna7,702,591Sicilia: 7,698,873 countSicilia7,698,873Provincia Autonoma di Trento: 7,475,358 countProvincia Autonoma di Trento7,475,358Canary Islands: 88,242,389 countCanary Islands88,242,389Jadranska Hrvatska: 79,745,457 countJadranska Hrvatska79,745,457Balearic Islands: 64,036,557 countBalearic Islands64,036,557Catalonia: 54,434,636 countCatalonia54,434,636Ile-de-France: 47,432,368 countIle-de-France47,432,368Veneto: 46,882,151 countVeneto46,882,151Andalusia: 38,122,211 countAndalusia38,122,211Tirol: 34,933,132 countTirol34,933,132Notio Aigaio: 33,719,298 countNotio Aigaio33,719,298Kriti: 33,172,963 countKriti33,172,963Valencian Community: 26,068,944 countValencian Community26,068,944Toscana: 25,940,413 countToscana25,940,413Lombardia: 23,452,946 countLombardia23,452,946Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen: 22,949,184 countProvincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen22,949,184Lazio: 22,857,182 countLazio22,857,182Noord-Holland: 21,252,732 countNoord-Holland21,252,732Salzburg: 18,377,446 countSalzburg18,377,446Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 17,644,768 countProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur17,644,768Algarve: 16,862,546 countAlgarve16,862,546Ionia Nisia: 16,861,899 countIonia Nisia16,861,899Kýpros: 16,247,342 countKýpros16,247,342Praha: 16,133,000 countPraha16,133,000Rhône-Alpes: 15,208,859 countRhône-Alpes15,208,859Berlin: 15,084,908 countBerlin15,084,908Community of Madrid: 14,559,334 countCommunity of Madrid14,559,334Kentriki Makedonia: 13,067,009 countKentriki Makedonia13,067,009Wien: 12,887,502 countWien12,887,502Oberbayern: 12,723,492 countOberbayern12,723,492Emilia-Romagna: 10,836,813 countEmilia-Romagna10,836,813Campania: 10,421,059 countCampania10,421,059Malta: 9,685,156 countMalta9,685,156Budapest: 9,031,633 countBudapest9,031,633Eastern and Midland: 8,920,242 countEastern and Midland8,920,242Aquitaine: 8,808,108 countAquitaine8,808,108Languedoc-Roussillon: 8,703,592 countLanguedoc-Roussillon8,703,592Attiki: 7,950,363 countAttiki7,950,363Yugoiztochen: 7,871,157 countYugoiztochen7,871,157Sardegna: 7,702,591 countSardegna7,702,591Sicilia: 7,698,873 countSicilia7,698,873Provincia Autonoma di Trento: 7,475,358 countProvincia Autonoma di Trento7,475,358
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

RankRegions2018
count		Change on 2017
1Canary Islands88,242,389-5.2%
2Jadranska Hrvatska79,745,457+3.4%
3Balearic Islands64,036,557-0.5%
4Catalonia54,434,636-0.6%
5Ile-de-France Low reliability47,432,368+10.2%
6Veneto46,882,151-0.5%
7Andalusia38,122,211-0.8%
8Tirol34,933,132+3.4%
9Notio Aigaio33,719,298+35.3%
10Kriti33,172,963+16.4%
11Valencian Community26,068,944+0.2%
12Toscana25,940,413+4%
13Lombardia23,452,946-2.2%
14Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen22,949,184+3.7%
15Lazio22,857,182+8.8%
16Noord-Holland21,252,732+5.7%
17Salzburg18,377,446+4.6%
18Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur17,644,768-1.3%
19Algarve16,862,546-1%
20Ionia Nisia16,861,899+23.2%
21Kýpros16,247,342+1.9%
22Praha16,133,0000%
23Rhône-Alpes15,208,859+3.4%
24Berlin15,084,908+7.9%
25Community of Madrid14,559,334+1.4%
26Kentriki Makedonia13,067,009+13.7%
27Wien12,887,502+4.9%
28Oberbayern12,723,492+7.7%
29Emilia-Romagna10,836,813+1.1%
30Campania10,421,059+9.2%
31Malta9,685,156+5.5%
32Budapest9,031,633+2.1%
33Eastern and Midland Estimated8,920,242n/a
34Aquitaine8,808,108+6.2%
35Languedoc-Roussillon8,703,592-1.2%
36Attiki7,950,363+16.9%
37Yugoiztochen7,871,157+3.1%
38Sardegna7,702,591+8.5%
39Sicilia7,698,873+6.3%
40Provincia Autonoma di Trento7,475,358+0.9%
41Darmstadt6,981,396+7.6%
42Região Autónoma da Madeira6,874,461-2.5%
43Kärnten6,753,869+1.3%
44Hovedstaden6,656,562+7.6%
45Piemonte6,633,473+4.5%
46Severoiztochen6,604,372+4.1%
47Liguria6,261,410-0.6%
48Vorarlberg6,227,814+3.3%
49Norte6,138,299+10.5%
50Zeeland5,758,533+9.2%
51Stockholm5,563,569+7.8%
52Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest5,503,496+9.1%
53Friuli-Venezia Giulia5,157,667+3.9%
54Bretagne4,615,761+12%
55Freiburg4,502,141+2.8%
56Prov. West-Vlaanderen4,460,486+10%
57Midi-Pyrénées4,442,588-3.4%
58Steiermark4,356,037+1.8%
59Alsace Low reliability4,184,821+5.7%
60Eesti4,174,552+0.6%
61Southern Estimated4,104,809n/a
62Severozápad4,003,547-1%
63Köln3,928,086-3.3%
64Zachodniopomorskie3,834,298+10.8%
65Northern and Western Estimated3,788,456n/a
66Latvija3,742,966+9.9%
67Małopolskie3,652,754+2.8%
68Hamburg3,597,485+4.4%
69Puglia3,553,818+8.9%
70Düsseldorf3,538,020-0.4%
71Limburg (NL)3,481,956+7.2%
72Pays de la Loire3,454,903+3.4%
73Corse3,366,182+3.9%
74Västsverige3,172,375+3.3%
75Basque Country3,149,765+5.4%
76Stuttgart3,081,767+6.2%
77Helsinki-Uusimaa3,062,020+1.6%
78Oberösterreich2,978,260+6.9%
79Syddanmark2,909,359+5%
80Noord-Brabant2,905,646+8.1%
81Warszawski stołeczny2,891,588+4.2%
82Peloponnisos2,867,089+27.7%
83Luxembourg2,802,737-2.5%
84Basse-Normandie Low reliability2,766,561+5%
85Karlsruhe2,707,812+3.6%
86Schwaben2,646,633+6.2%
87Nord-Pas de Calais Low reliability2,610,067+17.3%
88Nyugat-Dunántúl2,548,209-0.4%
89Prov. Antwerpen2,513,677+14%
90Yugozapaden2,410,490+4.1%
91Lorraine Low reliability2,402,926+10.6%
92Centre - Val de Loire Low reliability2,373,947+2.9%
93Poitou-Charentes Low reliability2,357,895+10.6%
94Galicia2,344,969-5%
95Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi2,335,735+5.5%
96Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki2,314,020+10.4%
97Niederösterreich2,252,153+6.2%
98Thessalia2,246,536+25.3%
99Voreio Aigaio2,242,830+15.6%
100Mittelfranken2,229,896+9.4%
101Trier2,214,826+3.2%
102Umbria2,185,722+10.6%
103Bucureşti-Ilfov2,169,706+1.7%
104Castile and León2,167,936+2.6%
105Schleswig-Holstein2,113,365+5.1%
106Grad Zagreb2,101,705n/a
107Calabria2,062,335+2.1%
108Region of Murcia2,023,687+5.1%
109Koblenz2,006,227-4.5%
110Arnsberg2,000,228-1.2%
111Prov. Limburg (BE)1,934,004+8.4%
112Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas1,882,903+9.5%
113Ipeiros1,857,382+34.9%
114Sostinės regionas1,853,947+8.3%
115Severovýchod1,802,976+2.3%
116Gelderland1,791,657+13%
117Aragon1,745,886+6.9%
118Bratislavský kraj1,724,222+2.5%
119Marche1,719,235-14.2%
120Jihozápad1,717,200+15.8%
121Sydsverige1,660,149+12.4%
122Pomorskie1,542,129+6.3%
123Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste1,520,361+6%
124Friesland (NL)1,496,872+13.3%
125Dolnośląskie1,483,890+2.9%
126Jihovýchod1,409,469+9.1%
127Norra Mellansverige1,408,239+10.2%
128Západné Slovensko1,407,436+1.1%
129Stredné Slovensko1,316,896+11.4%
130Tübingen1,309,658+6.3%
131Sterea Elláda1,307,415+26.9%
132Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen1,301,551+11%
133Nordjylland1,297,781+2.7%
134Franche-Comté Low reliability1,294,203-0.7%
135Övre Norrland1,261,967+15.7%
136Dresden1,255,481+5.7%
137Região Autónoma dos Açores1,243,004+12.6%
138Prov. Vlaams-Brabant1,224,173+14.3%
139Dytiki Elláda1,191,851+9.1%
140Prov. Liège1,186,257+9.2%
141Prov. Luxembourg (BE)1,185,375+18.7%
142Weser-Ems1,183,985+7.1%
143Midtjylland1,152,948+2.5%
144Overijssel1,144,048+8.3%
145Drenthe1,134,192+12.5%
146Východné Slovensko1,110,328+4.8%
147Mecklenburg-Vorpommern1,066,924+7%
148Centru1,057,270-2.9%
149Brandenburg1,048,207+11.4%
150Hannover1,047,877-2.4%
151Rheinhessen-Pfalz1,044,502+9.4%
152Småland med öarna1,038,684+1.5%
153Közép-Dunántúl979,633+5.6%
154Cantabria969,285+11.7%
155Śląskie967,481+16.6%
156Braunschweig951,596+6.2%
157Östra Mellansverige936,899+1.3%
158Abruzzo867,834+0.3%
159Auvergne Low reliability852,663-11.8%
160Niederbayern852,225+2.5%
161Asturias832,712+4%
162Castilla-La Mancha819,770+9.1%
163Panonska Hrvatska783,392n/a
164Flevoland781,711-5.9%
165Észak-Alföld754,580+6.7%
166Oberpfalz754,322+7.5%
167Kassel745,977-9.4%
168Lüneburg708,573+4.3%
169Leipzig664,804+6%
170Wielkopolskie663,667+3.8%
171Unterfranken662,538+2.4%
172Navarre657,791-0.5%
173Etelä-Suomi649,313-6.1%
174Mellersta Norrland643,799+4.8%
175Prov. Hainaut632,678+8.3%
176Dél-Dunántúl632,447-2%
177Münster611,563-2.2%
178Yuzhen tsentralen606,896+5.2%
179Střední Čechy602,259+14.1%
180Detmold584,563-3.7%
181Nord-Vest578,927+5%
182Sjælland577,961+1.3%
183Střední Morava574,622+5.9%
184Länsi-Suomi569,587-2.6%
185Thüringen559,769-8%
186Sachsen-Anhalt555,057-12.5%
187Łódzkie531,483+45.6%
188Burgenland527,571+1.1%
189Groningen524,371+20.2%
190Bremen523,504+6.2%
191Moravskoslezsko516,948+9.9%
192Dél-Alföld511,827+12.2%
193Sjeverna Hrvatska509,319n/a
194Extremadura507,401+13.9%
195Észak-Magyarország473,396+2.5%
196Oberfranken464,325+7.2%
197Saarland447,202+5%
198Vest430,840+1.5%
199Pest408,724+21.3%
200Warmińsko-mazurskie395,204-1.2%
201Prov. Namur382,240-8%
202Sud-Muntenia354,224+12.6%
203Sud-Est329,332-4.4%
204Lubuskie327,190-1.4%
205Gießen304,140+1.2%
206Basilicata296,230+13.5%
207Podkarpackie291,635-4%
208Nord-Est281,156-3.4%
209Kujawsko-pomorskie279,631-3.8%
210Chemnitz258,782+9.6%
211Mazowiecki regionalny252,244+4.1%
212Guadeloupe Low reliability250,903-4.8%
213La Rioja244,938+4.4%
214Prov. Brabant wallon240,746+2%
215Åland225,934-5.2%
216Lubelskie215,750+2.2%
217Podlaskie199,203-9.7%
218Severen tsentralen196,159+22%
219La Réunion195,100+5.9%
220Martinique Low reliability180,925-9.4%
221Opolskie108,909+1.7%
222Świętokrzyskie105,595+29%
223Sud-Vest Oltenia105,038-13%
224Guyane Low reliability102,763+15.1%
225Dytiki Makedonia77,668+36.6%
226Severozapaden59,851-18.8%
227Ceuta59,306+1.3%
228Molise35,891-14.9%
229Melilla35,117+15.7%

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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 regions are compared on one definition. 15 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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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.

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

Canary Islands, with 88.24 million in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Melilla, with 35,117 in 2018.

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

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