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 231 regions in 2019, at 83.85 million. Molise had the lowest, at 34,744. The median was 1.96 million and the figure for the European Union (27) was 1.36 billion. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest83,850,903Canary Islands

Lowest34,744Molise

Median1,956,442231 regions

European Union (27)1,360,265,359History

Top 40 regions, 2019

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

Rank	Regions	2019 count	Change on 2018
1	Canary Islands	83,850,903	-5%
2	Jadranska Hrvatska	80,575,884	+1%
3	Balearic Islands	62,281,475	-2.7%
4	Catalonia	56,377,980	+3.6%
5	Veneto	48,168,630	+2.7%
6	Ile-de-France	43,995,081	-7.2%
7	Andalusia	38,577,730	+1.2%
8	Tirol	35,213,708	+0.8%
9	Notio Aigaio	34,928,202	+3.6%
10	Kriti	32,047,003	-3.4%
11	Valencian Community	25,934,157	-0.5%
12	Toscana	25,760,018	-0.7%
13	Lazio	24,391,789	+6.7%
14	Lombardia	24,253,561	+3.4%
15	Noord-Holland	23,762,346	+11.8%
16	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	23,444,508	+2.2%
17	Salzburg	18,786,757	+2.2%
18	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	18,071,420	+2.4%
19	Algarve	17,093,988	+1.4%
20	Ionia Nisia	16,792,697	-0.4%
21	Kýpros	16,561,115	+1.9%
22	Praha	16,371,962	+1.5%
23	Community of Madrid	15,828,717	+8.7%
24	Berlin	15,495,976	+2.7%
25	Rhône-Alpes	14,623,159	-3.9%
26	Wien	13,819,262	+7.2%
27	Kentriki Makedonia	13,729,400	+5.1%
28	Oberbayern	13,286,328	+4.4%
29	Campania	10,629,878	+2%
30	Emilia-Romagna	10,611,605	-2.1%
31	Budapest	9,470,196	+4.9%
32	Malta	9,436,332	-2.6%
33	Eastern and Midland Estimated	9,410,879	+5.5%
34	Aquitaine	8,725,750	-0.9%
35	Languedoc-Roussillon	8,663,328	-0.5%
36	Zahodna Slovenija	8,402,511	n/a
37	Attiki	7,991,236	+0.5%
38	Yugoiztochen	7,971,131	+1.3%
39	Sardegna	7,727,118	+0.3%
40	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	7,688,051	+2.8%
41	Sicilia	7,631,528	-0.9%
42	Darmstadt	7,104,297	+1.8%
43	Norte	6,885,745	+12.2%
44	Hovedstaden	6,822,921	+2.5%
45	Kärnten	6,714,219	-0.6%
46	Piemonte	6,538,527	-1.4%
47	Região Autónoma da Madeira	6,507,493	-5.3%
48	Vorarlberg	6,324,831	+1.6%
49	Zeeland	6,278,362	+9%
50	Severoiztochen	6,214,440	-5.9%
51	Liguria	6,142,004	-1.9%
52	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	5,775,285	+4.9%
53	Stockholm	5,443,711	-2.2%
54	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	5,154,811	-0.1%
55	Freiburg	4,661,713	+3.5%
56	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	4,473,200	+0.3%
57	Steiermark	4,450,612	+2.2%
58	Bretagne	4,394,774	-4.8%
59	Eesti	4,375,637	+4.8%
60	Alsace Low reliability	4,338,873	+3.7%
61	Midi-Pyrénées	4,324,564	-2.7%
62	Köln	4,155,204	+5.8%
63	Małopolskie	4,105,050	+12.4%
64	Zachodniopomorskie	4,039,683	+5.4%
65	Severozápad	4,035,426	+0.8%
66	Northern and Western Estimated	3,913,347	+3.3%
67	Latvija	3,851,303	+2.9%
68	Puglia	3,842,825	+8.1%
69	Hamburg	3,801,283	+5.7%
70	Limburg (NL)	3,720,568	+6.9%
71	Düsseldorf	3,662,831	+3.5%
72	Basque Country	3,411,205	+8.3%
73	Pays de la Loire	3,307,767	-4.3%
74	Västsverige	3,252,918	+2.5%
75	Helsinki-Uusimaa	3,209,192	+4.8%
76	Noord-Brabant	3,166,485	+9%
77	Oberösterreich	3,151,523	+5.8%
78	Corse	3,138,239	-6.8%
79	Stuttgart	3,112,292	+1%
80	Syddanmark	3,063,999	+5.3%
81	Basse-Normandie Low reliability	2,992,188	+8.2%
82	Southern Estimated	2,961,033	-27.9%
83	Vzhodna Slovenija	2,953,164	n/a
84	Warszawski stołeczny	2,849,911	-1.4%
85	Peloponnisos	2,819,817	-1.6%
86	Luxembourg	2,797,162	-0.2%
87	Karlsruhe	2,672,781	-1.3%
88	Prov. Antwerpen	2,612,667	+3.9%
89	Schwaben	2,602,288	-1.7%
90	Galicia	2,565,879	+9.4%
91	Nyugat-Dunántúl	2,548,484	0%
92	Nord-Pas de Calais Low reliability	2,518,609	-3.5%
93	Yugozapaden	2,408,886	-0.1%
94	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	2,391,566	+2.4%
95	Niederösterreich	2,361,029	+4.8%
96	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	2,360,323	+2%
97	Centre - Val de Loire Low reliability	2,341,941	-1.3%
98	Lorraine Low reliability	2,308,031	-3.9%
99	Thessalia	2,298,766	+2.3%
100	Poitou-Charentes Low reliability	2,270,230	-3.7%
101	Bucureşti-Ilfov	2,255,151	+3.9%
102	Castile and León	2,219,191	+2.4%
103	Schleswig-Holstein	2,215,737	+4.8%
104	Trier	2,209,381	-0.2%
105	Calabria	2,194,159	+6.4%
106	Grad Zagreb	2,186,449	+4%
107	Voreio Aigaio	2,185,634	-2.6%
108	Mittelfranken	2,169,382	-2.7%
109	Ipeiros	2,164,771	+16.5%
110	Gelderland	2,147,907	+19.9%
111	Umbria	2,078,727	-4.9%
112	Sostinės regionas	2,077,592	+12.1%
113	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	2,064,934	+9.7%
114	Arnsberg	2,022,922	+1.1%
115	Koblenz	1,990,139	-0.8%
116	Region of Murcia	1,956,442	-3.3%
117	Prov. Limburg (BE)	1,915,064	-1%
118	Bratislavský kraj	1,894,211	+9.9%
119	Severovýchod	1,887,637	+4.7%
120	Aragon	1,794,401	+2.8%
121	Sydsverige	1,779,326	+7.2%
122	Marche	1,722,945	+0.2%
123	Jihozápad	1,712,125	-0.3%
124	Pomorskie	1,659,767	+7.6%
125	Dolnośląskie	1,640,522	+10.6%
126	Friesland (NL)	1,570,620	+4.9%
127	Tübingen	1,564,691	+19.5%
128	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	1,512,615	-0.5%
129	Jihovýchod	1,489,387	+5.7%
130	Západné Slovensko	1,469,409	+4.4%
131	Stredné Slovensko	1,419,848	+7.8%
132	Norra Mellansverige	1,412,927	+0.3%
133	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	1,398,480	+7.4%
134	Nordjylland	1,352,621	+4.2%
135	Övre Norrland	1,339,007	+6.1%
136	Sterea Elláda	1,327,503	+1.5%
137	Região Autónoma dos Açores	1,287,973	+3.6%
138	Dytiki Elláda	1,265,090	+6.1%
139	Východné Slovensko	1,264,206	+13.9%
140	Dresden	1,261,089	+0.4%
141	Franche-Comté Low reliability	1,259,655	-2.7%
142	Drenthe	1,220,262	+7.6%
143	Overijssel	1,220,073	+6.6%
144	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	1,203,142	+1.5%
145	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	1,200,413	-1.9%
146	Småland med öarna	1,169,832	+12.6%
147	Weser-Ems	1,167,911	-1.4%
148	Prov. Liège	1,160,884	-2.1%
149	Midtjylland	1,134,822	-1.6%
150	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	1,104,053	+5.7%
151	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	1,103,456	+3.4%
152	Hannover	1,069,811	+2.1%
153	Braunschweig	1,042,602	+9.6%
154	Brandenburg	1,042,216	-0.6%
155	Centru	1,030,498	-2.5%
156	Cantabria	1,027,460	+6%
157	Közép-Dunántúl	971,211	-0.9%
158	Śląskie	966,060	-0.1%
159	Östra Mellansverige	935,046	-0.2%
160	Niederbayern	878,760	+3.1%
161	Asturias	863,201	+3.7%
162	Flevoland	860,511	+10.1%
163	Castilla-La Mancha	850,955	+3.8%
164	Panonska Hrvatska	809,006	+3.3%
165	Abruzzo	793,468	-8.6%
166	Auvergne Low reliability	793,247	-7%
167	Észak-Alföld	770,672	+2.1%
168	Oberpfalz	725,088	-3.9%
169	Kassel	712,227	-4.5%
170	Lüneburg	706,994	-0.2%
171	Prov. Hainaut	705,021	+11.4%
172	Etelä-Suomi	693,500	+6.8%
173	Leipzig	669,272	+0.7%
174	Unterfranken	658,588	-0.6%
175	Wielkopolskie	651,161	-1.9%
176	Mellersta Norrland	647,467	+0.6%
177	Navarre	642,277	-2.4%
178	Dél-Dunántúl	632,889	+0.1%
179	Thüringen	611,365	+9.2%
180	Münster	607,597	-0.6%
181	Yuzhen tsentralen	606,369	-0.1%
182	Sjælland	602,208	+4.2%
183	Střední Čechy	595,196	-1.2%
184	Detmold	588,634	+0.7%
185	Sachsen-Anhalt	577,246	+4%
186	Střední Morava	574,681	0%
187	Burgenland	564,274	+7%
188	Extremadura	556,505	+9.7%
189	Sjeverna Hrvatska	552,812	+8.5%
190	Nord-Vest	542,610	-6.3%
191	Länsi-Suomi	535,996	-5.9%
192	Groningen	533,888	+1.8%
193	Bremen	532,885	+1.8%
194	Moravskoslezsko	514,149	-0.5%
195	Łódzkie	507,950	-4.4%
196	Dél-Alföld	493,105	-3.7%
197	Prov. Namur	491,604	+28.6%
198	Saarland	466,059	+4.2%
199	Észak-Magyarország	454,720	-3.9%
200	Oberfranken	446,361	-3.9%
201	Vest	432,332	+0.3%
202	Pest	411,661	+0.7%
203	Warmińsko-mazurskie	395,351	0%
204	Basilicata	341,173	+15.2%
205	Sud-Est	335,479	+1.9%
206	Lubuskie	322,623	-1.4%
207	Kujawsko-pomorskie	306,042	+9.4%
208	Sud-Muntenia	302,206	-14.7%
209	Gießen	295,865	-2.7%
210	Mazowiecki regionalny	283,056	+12.2%
211	Podkarpackie	279,053	-4.3%
212	Nord-Est	278,073	-1.1%
213	Prov. Brabant wallon	269,078	+11.8%
214	Chemnitz	265,523	+2.6%
215	La Rioja	257,676	+5.2%
216	Åland	225,743	-0.1%
217	Lubelskie	220,551	+2.2%
218	Podlaskie	207,112	+4%
219	Severen tsentralen	203,955	+4%
220	Martinique Low reliability	192,874	+6.6%
221	Guadeloupe Low reliability	189,643	-24.4%
222	La Réunion	173,275	-11.2%
223	Opolskie	128,480	+18%
224	Świętokrzyskie	121,204	+14.8%
225	Guyane Low reliability	110,602	+7.6%
226	Sud-Vest Oltenia	92,704	-11.7%
227	Severozapaden	75,065	+25.4%
228	Dytiki Makedonia	60,948	-21.5%
229	Ceuta	58,001	-2.2%
230	Melilla	37,253	+6.1%
231	Molise	34,744	-3.2%

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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 regions are compared on one definition. 13 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2019 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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

Canary Islands, with 83.85 million in 2019, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Molise, with 34,744 in 2019.

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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. 13 regions have no value for 2019 and are not ranked.