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

Jadranska Hrvatska had the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests) of 235 regions in 2020, at 34.43 million. Mayotte had the lowest, at 6,322. The median was 602,252 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 412.58 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest34,429,588Jadranska Hrvatska

Lowest6,322Mayotte

Median602,252235 regions

European Union (27)412,580,610History

Top 40 regions, 2020

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	2020 count	Change on 2019
1	Jadranska Hrvatska	34,429,588	-57.3%
2	Canary Islands	23,770,938	-71.7%
3	Tirol	22,249,983	-36.8%
4	Veneto	15,261,597	-68.3%
5	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	12,848,816	-45.2%
6	Salzburg	11,554,382	-38.5%
7	Catalonia	8,811,381	-84.4%
8	Notio Aigaio	8,516,533	-75.6%
9	Andalusia	8,001,295	-79.3%
10	Noord-Holland	7,875,670	-66.9%
11	Valencian Community	7,493,043	-71.1%
12	Kriti	7,444,450	-76.8%
13	Lombardia	6,738,508	-72.2%
14	Ile-de-France Estimated	6,681,878	-84.8%
15	Rhône-Alpes Estimated	6,461,587	-55.8%
16	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Estimated	6,112,468	-66.2%
17	Toscana	6,055,663	-76.5%
18	Balearic Islands	5,007,712	-92%
19	Algarve	4,798,583	-71.9%
20	Kärnten	4,462,293	-33.5%
21	Aquitaine Estimated	4,221,666	-51.6%
22	Vorarlberg	4,178,819	-33.9%
23	Oberbayern	3,993,303	-69.9%
24	Zeeland	3,920,630	-37.6%
25	Ionia Nisia	3,915,435	-76.7%
26	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	3,727,201	-51.5%
27	Berlin	3,722,511	-76%
28	Languedoc-Roussillon Estimated	3,711,665	-57.2%
29	Community of Madrid	3,620,159	-77.1%
30	Praha	3,551,342	-78.3%
31	Lazio	3,312,510	-86.4%
32	Emilia-Romagna	3,200,625	-69.8%
33	Wien	3,107,812	-77.5%
34	Steiermark	2,812,858	-36.8%
35	Kýpros	2,633,160	-84.1%
36	Zahodna Slovenija	2,501,118	-70.2%
37	Southern Estimated	2,406,156	-18.7%
38	Malta	2,397,683	-74.6%
39	Darmstadt	2,297,072	-67.7%
40	Piemonte	2,263,951	-65.4%
41	Liguria	2,074,840	-66.2%
42	Zachodniopomorskie	2,035,648	-49.6%
43	Freiburg	2,019,848	-56.7%
44	Bretagne Estimated	1,979,734	-55%
45	Attiki	1,941,767	-75.7%
46	Região Autónoma da Madeira	1,905,851	-70.7%
47	Kentriki Makedonia	1,904,961	-86.1%
48	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1,848,191	-64.1%
49	Budapest	1,833,586	-80.6%
50	Norte	1,712,021	-75.1%
51	Hovedstaden	1,648,808	-75.8%
52	Syddanmark	1,613,840	-47.3%
53	Oberösterreich	1,600,619	-49.2%
54	Severoiztochen	1,595,931	-74.3%
55	Sardegna	1,582,080	-79.5%
56	Pays de la Loire Estimated	1,579,179	-52.3%
57	Midi-Pyrénées Estimated	1,557,234	-64%
58	Limburg (NL)	1,531,366	-58.8%
59	Yugoiztochen	1,507,126	-81.1%
60	Latvija	1,504,305	-60.9%
61	Stockholm	1,501,956	-72.4%
62	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	1,459,856	-67.4%
63	Sicilia	1,457,433	-80.9%
64	Eesti	1,403,802	-67.9%
65	Noord-Brabant	1,398,404	-55.8%
66	Northern and Western Estimated	1,374,225	-64.9%
67	Köln	1,357,252	-67.3%
68	Poitou-Charentes Estimated	1,326,320	-41.6%
69	Campania	1,308,506	-87.7%
70	Severozápad	1,292,383	-68%
71	Luxembourg	1,289,968	-53.9%
72	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	1,283,865	-77.8%
73	Alsace Estimated	1,280,712	-70.5%
74	Puglia	1,192,043	-69%
75	Basse-Normandie Estimated	1,168,794	-60.9%
76	Düsseldorf	1,156,661	-68.4%
77	Hamburg	1,151,014	-69.7%
78	Lorraine Estimated	1,148,636	-50.2%
79	Trier	1,127,039	-49%
80	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1,125,990	-52.9%
81	Bourgogne Estimated	1,101,104	n/a
82	Yugozapaden	1,035,595	-57%
83	Centre - Val de Loire Estimated	1,015,611	-56.6%
84	Schwaben	995,323	-61.8%
85	Arnsberg	981,767	-51.5%
86	Corse Estimated	973,767	-69%
87	Nord-Pas de Calais Estimated	969,912	-61.5%
88	Schleswig-Holstein	928,454	-58.1%
89	Małopolskie	928,398	-77.4%
90	Koblenz	920,215	-53.8%
91	Gelderland	912,317	-57.5%
92	Severovýchod	906,530	-52%
93	Niederösterreich	897,415	-62%
94	Basque Country	865,403	-74.6%
95	Vzhodna Slovenija	841,550	-71.5%
96	Prov. Antwerpen	821,274	-68.6%
97	Friesland (NL)	798,608	-49.2%
98	Warszawski stołeczny	742,196	-74%
99	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	742,128	-50.9%
100	Helsinki-Uusimaa	740,340	-76.9%
101	Eastern and Midland Estimated	735,873	-92.2%
102	Marche	735,497	-57.3%
103	Nyugat-Dunántúl	731,563	-71.3%
104	Franche-Comté Estimated	724,810	-42.5%
105	Stredné Slovensko	722,834	-49.1%
106	Mittelfranken	718,741	-66.9%
107	Region of Murcia	711,528	-63.6%
108	Västsverige	711,244	-78.1%
109	Prov. Limburg (BE)	706,618	-63.1%
110	Tübingen	680,885	-56.5%
111	Nordjylland	646,400	-52.2%
112	Champagne-Ardenne Low reliability	633,895	n/a
113	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	633,245	-69.3%
114	Weser-Ems	631,872	-45.9%
115	Midtjylland	627,127	-44.7%
116	Picardie Low reliability	620,480	n/a
117	Dolnośląskie	603,808	-63.2%
118	Jihozápad	602,252	-64.8%
119	Sydsverige	589,337	-66.9%
120	Auvergne Estimated	588,406	-25.8%
121	Východné Slovensko	554,881	-56.1%
122	Haute-Normandie Low reliability	553,241	n/a
123	Pomorskie	552,397	-66.7%
124	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	547,676	-50.4%
125	Grad Zagreb	540,171	-75.3%
126	Aragon	537,460	-70%
127	Peloponnisos	528,443	-81.3%
128	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	521,409	-56.7%
129	Galicia	521,308	-79.7%
130	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	520,310	-52.8%
131	Castile and León	520,018	-76.6%
132	Övre Norrland	502,865	-62.4%
133	Dresden	496,136	-60.7%
134	Sostinės regionas	486,346	-76.6%
135	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	486,133	-65.2%
136	Bratislavský kraj	484,966	-74.4%
137	Západné Slovensko	480,712	-67.3%
138	Overijssel	480,201	-60.6%
139	Brandenburg	477,686	-54.2%
140	Umbria	470,875	-77.3%
141	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	469,686	-80.1%
142	Jihovýchod	448,712	-69.9%
143	Prov. Liège	446,783	-61.5%
144	Niederbayern	442,211	-49.7%
145	Braunschweig	438,326	-58%
146	Bucureşti-Ilfov	423,666	-81.2%
147	Thessalia	420,160	-81.7%
148	Drenthe	419,002	-65.7%
149	Hannover	398,051	-62.8%
150	Kassel	378,175	-46.9%
151	Śląskie	359,956	-62.7%
152	Oberpfalz	354,225	-51.1%
153	Leipzig	344,858	-48.5%
154	Flevoland	341,893	-60.3%
155	Norra Mellansverige	339,282	-76%
156	Közép-Dunántúl	325,414	-66.5%
157	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	313,679	-73.9%
158	Sachsen-Anhalt	313,654	-45.7%
159	Lüneburg	310,360	-56.1%
160	Calabria	308,007	-86%
161	Wielkopolskie	307,774	-52.7%
162	Münster	299,926	-50.6%
163	Småland med öarna	299,098	-74.4%
164	Östra Mellansverige	298,780	-68%
165	Unterfranken	294,227	-55.3%
166	Voreio Aigaio	289,893	-86.7%
167	Burgenland	278,255	-50.7%
168	Yuzhen tsentralen	272,437	-55.1%
169	Limousin Estimated	268,194	n/a
170	Prov. Hainaut	258,748	-63.3%
171	Ipeiros	258,202	-88.1%
172	Detmold	257,957	-56.2%
173	Łódzkie	251,707	-50.4%
174	Dytiki Elláda	244,564	-80.7%
175	Sjælland	244,313	-59.4%
176	Sterea Elláda	244,233	-81.6%
177	Thüringen	243,478	-60.2%
178	Groningen	242,224	-54.6%
179	Észak-Alföld	238,327	-69.1%
180	Castilla-La Mancha	234,617	-72.4%
181	Abruzzo	232,853	-70.7%
182	Cantabria	223,846	-78.2%
183	Střední Morava	211,471	-63.2%
184	Oberfranken	205,924	-53.9%
185	Panonska Hrvatska	205,477	-74.6%
186	Etelä-Suomi	203,411	-70.7%
187	Dél-Dunántúl	202,518	-68%
188	Sjeverna Hrvatska	201,250	-63.6%
189	Länsi-Suomi	197,453	-63.2%
190	Saarland	195,254	-58.1%
191	Região Autónoma dos Açores	193,797	-85%
192	Mellersta Norrland	191,963	-70.4%
193	Střední Čechy	191,246	-67.9%
194	Asturias	189,072	-78.1%
195	Bremen	187,814	-64.8%
196	Moravskoslezsko	184,122	-64.2%
197	Dél-Alföld	174,973	-64.5%
198	Prov. Namur	174,318	-64.5%
199	Navarre	163,998	-74.5%
200	Lubuskie	156,980	-51.3%
201	Centru	154,653	-85%
202	Extremadura	153,885	-72.3%
203	Severozapaden	152,472	+103.1%
204	Észak-Magyarország	148,647	-67.3%
205	Chemnitz	134,635	-49.3%
206	Mazowiecki regionalny	130,162	-54%
207	Martinique Estimated	130,037	-32.6%
208	Guadeloupe Estimated	120,470	-36.5%
209	Warmińsko-mazurskie	119,984	-69.7%
210	Pest	118,539	-71.2%
211	Gießen	117,676	-60.2%
212	Kujawsko-pomorskie	106,456	-65.2%
213	Vest	106,292	-75.4%
214	La Réunion Estimated	106,060	-38.8%
215	Podkarpackie	97,433	-65.1%
216	Severen tsentralen	92,728	-54.5%
217	Nord-Vest	91,443	-83.1%
218	Prov. Brabant wallon	74,103	-72.5%
219	Sud-Est	68,093	-79.7%
220	Basilicata	68,076	-80%
221	Lubelskie	65,110	-70.5%
222	Sud-Muntenia	63,952	-78.8%
223	Podlaskie	62,805	-69.7%
224	Nord-Est	60,886	-78.1%
225	Opolskie	55,186	-57%
226	Guyane Estimated	51,477	-53.5%
227	La Rioja	47,087	-81.7%
228	Świętokrzyskie	46,952	-61.3%
229	Sud-Vest Oltenia	27,149	-70.7%
230	Åland	24,142	-89.3%
231	Dytiki Makedonia	19,459	-68.1%
232	Molise	14,207	-59.1%
233	Ceuta	13,156	-77.3%
234	Melilla	12,927	-65.3%
235	Mayotte Estimated	6,322	n/a

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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. 9 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2020 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)?

Jadranska Hrvatska, with 34.43 million in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Mayotte, with 6,322 in 2020.

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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. 9 regions have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.