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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 237 regions in 2021, at 61.02 million. Mayotte had the lowest, at 3,568. The median was 674,218 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 587.91 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

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Highest61,016,246Jadranska Hrvatska
Lowest3,568Mayotte
Median674,218237 regions
European Union (27)587,912,376History

Top 40 regions, 2021

Jadranska Hrvatska: 61,016,246 countJadranska Hrvatska61,016,246Canary Islands: 32,135,941 countCanary Islands32,135,941Veneto: 28,293,292 countVeneto28,293,292Balearic Islands: 25,353,286 countBalearic Islands25,353,286Catalonia: 18,680,765 countCatalonia18,680,765Notio Aigaio: 17,831,244 countNotio Aigaio17,831,244Kriti: 16,969,580 countKriti16,969,580Tirol: 16,250,620 countTirol16,250,620Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen: 14,748,970 countProvincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Boz…14,748,970Andalusia: 13,651,092 countAndalusia13,651,092Ile-de-France: 12,904,026 countIle-de-France12,904,026Lombardia: 12,027,206 countLombardia12,027,206Toscana: 11,360,405 countToscana11,360,405Valencian Community: 11,177,859 countValencian Community11,177,859Ionia Nisia: 8,434,721 countIonia Nisia8,434,721Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 8,269,850 countProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur8,269,850Kýpros: 8,193,773 countKýpros8,193,773Salzburg: 7,757,638 countSalzburg7,757,638Noord-Holland: 6,928,649 countNoord-Holland6,928,649Kentriki Makedonia: 6,451,031 countKentriki Makedonia6,451,031Algarve: 6,366,365 countAlgarve6,366,365Rhône-Alpes: 5,818,964 countRhône-Alpes5,818,964Community of Madrid: 5,526,256 countCommunity of Madrid5,526,256Emilia-Romagna: 5,515,029 countEmilia-Romagna5,515,029Aquitaine: 5,037,157 countAquitaine5,037,157Languedoc-Roussillon: 4,665,652 countLanguedoc-Roussillon4,665,652Lazio: 4,399,248 countLazio4,399,248Kärnten: 4,110,912 countKärnten4,110,912Berlin: 4,058,666 countBerlin4,058,666Oberbayern: 3,951,071 countOberbayern3,951,071Malta: 3,940,602 countMalta3,940,602Liguria: 3,857,686 countLiguria3,857,686Sardegna: 3,762,698 countSardegna3,762,698Provincia Autonoma di Trento: 3,738,601 countProvincia Autonoma di Trento3,738,601Zahodna Slovenija: 3,720,539 countZahodna Slovenija3,720,539Attiki: 3,557,774 countAttiki3,557,774Yugoiztochen: 3,545,813 countYugoiztochen3,545,813Zeeland: 3,525,297 countZeeland3,525,297Friuli-Venezia Giulia: 3,517,003 countFriuli-Venezia Giulia3,517,003Piemonte: 3,497,503 countPiemonte3,497,503Jadranska Hrvatska: 61,016,246 countJadranska Hrvatska61,016,246Canary Islands: 32,135,941 countCanary Islands32,135,941Veneto: 28,293,292 countVeneto28,293,292Balearic Islands: 25,353,286 countBalearic Islands25,353,286Catalonia: 18,680,765 countCatalonia18,680,765Notio Aigaio: 17,831,244 countNotio Aigaio17,831,244Kriti: 16,969,580 countKriti16,969,580Tirol: 16,250,620 countTirol16,250,620Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen: 14,748,970 countProvincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen14,748,970Andalusia: 13,651,092 countAndalusia13,651,092Ile-de-France: 12,904,026 countIle-de-France12,904,026Lombardia: 12,027,206 countLombardia12,027,206Toscana: 11,360,405 countToscana11,360,405Valencian Community: 11,177,859 countValencian Community11,177,859Ionia Nisia: 8,434,721 countIonia Nisia8,434,721Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur: 8,269,850 countProvence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur8,269,850Kýpros: 8,193,773 countKýpros8,193,773Salzburg: 7,757,638 countSalzburg7,757,638Noord-Holland: 6,928,649 countNoord-Holland6,928,649Kentriki Makedonia: 6,451,031 countKentriki Makedonia6,451,031Algarve: 6,366,365 countAlgarve6,366,365Rhône-Alpes: 5,818,964 countRhône-Alpes5,818,964Community of Madrid: 5,526,256 countCommunity of Madrid5,526,256Emilia-Romagna: 5,515,029 countEmilia-Romagna5,515,029Aquitaine: 5,037,157 countAquitaine5,037,157Languedoc-Roussillon: 4,665,652 countLanguedoc-Roussillon4,665,652Lazio: 4,399,248 countLazio4,399,248Kärnten: 4,110,912 countKärnten4,110,912Berlin: 4,058,666 countBerlin4,058,666Oberbayern: 3,951,071 countOberbayern3,951,071Malta: 3,940,602 countMalta3,940,602Liguria: 3,857,686 countLiguria3,857,686Sardegna: 3,762,698 countSardegna3,762,698Provincia Autonoma di Trento: 3,738,601 countProvincia Autonoma di Trento3,738,601Zahodna Slovenija: 3,720,539 countZahodna Slovenija3,720,539Attiki: 3,557,774 countAttiki3,557,774Yugoiztochen: 3,545,813 countYugoiztochen3,545,813Zeeland: 3,525,297 countZeeland3,525,297Friuli-Venezia Giulia: 3,517,003 countFriuli-Venezia Giulia3,517,003Piemonte: 3,497,503 countPiemonte3,497,503
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

RankRegions2021
count		Change on 2020
1Jadranska Hrvatska61,016,246+77.2%
2Canary Islands32,135,941+35.2%
3Veneto28,293,292+85.4%
4Balearic Islands25,353,286+406.3%
5Catalonia18,680,765+112%
6Notio Aigaio17,831,244+109.4%
7Kriti16,969,580+127.9%
8Tirol16,250,620-27%
9Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen14,748,970+14.8%
10Andalusia13,651,092+70.6%
11Ile-de-France Estimated12,904,026+93.1%
12Lombardia12,027,206+78.5%
13Toscana11,360,405+87.6%
14Valencian Community11,177,859+49.2%
15Ionia Nisia8,434,721+115.4%
16Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Estimated8,269,850+35.3%
17Kýpros8,193,773+211.2%
18Salzburg7,757,638-32.9%
19Noord-Holland6,928,649-12%
20Kentriki Makedonia6,451,031+238.6%
21Algarve6,366,365+32.7%
22Rhône-Alpes Estimated5,818,964-9.9%
23Community of Madrid5,526,256+52.7%
24Emilia-Romagna5,515,029+72.3%
25Aquitaine Estimated5,037,157+19.3%
26Languedoc-Roussillon Estimated4,665,652+25.7%
27Lazio4,399,248+32.8%
28Kärnten4,110,912-7.9%
29Berlin4,058,666+9%
30Oberbayern3,951,071-1.1%
31Malta3,940,602+64.4%
32Liguria3,857,686+85.9%
33Sardegna3,762,698+137.8%
34Provincia Autonoma di Trento3,738,601+0.3%
35Zahodna Slovenija3,720,539+48.8%
36Attiki3,557,774+83.2%
37Yugoiztochen3,545,813+135.3%
38Zeeland3,525,297-10.1%
39Friuli-Venezia Giulia3,517,003+90.3%
40Piemonte3,497,503+54.5%
41Praha3,428,436-3.5%
42Wien3,401,216+9.4%
43Região Autónoma da Madeira3,274,350+71.8%
44Severoiztochen3,112,171+95%
45Vorarlberg3,009,388-28%
46Norte2,753,327+60.8%
47Campania2,744,434+109.7%
48Sicilia2,706,310+85.7%
49Budapest2,559,276+39.6%
50Hovedstaden2,362,446+43.3%
51Steiermark2,356,453-16.2%
52Puglia2,297,260+92.7%
53Bretagne Estimated2,248,830+13.6%
54Eastern and Midland Estimated2,224,099+202.2%
55Darmstadt2,155,614-6.2%
56Zachodniopomorskie1,973,017-3.1%
57Freiburg1,892,767-6.3%
58Stockholm1,878,928+25.1%
59Syddanmark1,832,038+13.5%
60Luxembourg1,788,781+38.7%
61Oberösterreich1,731,502+8.2%
62Prov. West-Vlaanderen1,729,320+18.5%
63Midi-Pyrénées Estimated1,718,039+10.3%
64Alsace Estimated1,712,792+33.7%
65Pays de la Loire Estimated1,710,670+8.3%
66Southern Estimated1,705,214-29.1%
67Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest1,608,266+25.3%
68Basque Country1,592,496+84%
69Corse Estimated1,582,741+62.5%
70Poitou-Charentes Estimated1,411,304+6.4%
71Köln1,378,071+1.5%
72Northern and Western Estimated1,305,138-5%
73Limburg (NL)1,283,443-16.2%
74Eesti1,282,743-8.6%
75Bourgogne Estimated1,275,440+15.8%
76Galicia1,262,469+142.2%
77Hamburg1,244,522+8.1%
78Stuttgart1,217,593n/a
79Basse-Normandie Estimated1,209,627+3.5%
80Centre - Val de Loire Estimated1,189,227+17.1%
81Peloponnisos1,186,308+124.5%
82Västsverige1,178,930+65.8%
83Noord-Brabant1,174,425-16%
84Lorraine Estimated1,131,461-1.5%
85Düsseldorf1,085,065-6.2%
86Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki1,081,254+130.2%
87Prov. Antwerpen1,069,455+30.2%
88Vzhodna Slovenija1,060,036+26%
89Niederösterreich1,053,167+17.4%
90Marche1,030,853+40.2%
91Grad Zagreb1,020,840+89%
92Region of Murcia1,007,427+41.6%
93Małopolskie1,000,954+7.8%
94Warszawski stołeczny974,926+31.4%
95Umbria962,718+104.5%
96Yugozapaden956,623-7.6%
97Severozápad955,437-26.1%
98Castile and León950,926+82.9%
99Nord-Pas de Calais Estimated947,657-2.3%
100Karlsruhe947,510n/a
101Nyugat-Dunántúl931,318+27.3%
102Schleswig-Holstein912,083-1.8%
103Sydsverige908,013+54.1%
104Aragon888,243+65.3%
105Helsinki-Uusimaa865,176+16.9%
106Latvija863,387-42.6%
107Voreio Aigaio861,714+197.3%
108Thessalia847,910+101.8%
109Schwaben837,474-15.9%
110Bucureşti-Ilfov834,292+96.9%
111Prov. Limburg (BE)828,215+17.2%
112Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi815,941-27.5%
113Trier814,333-27.7%
114Koblenz756,640-17.8%
115Champagne-Ardenne Estimated719,441+13.5%
116Arnsberg700,107-28.7%
117Gelderland696,946-23.6%
118Mittelfranken678,816-5.6%
119Nordjylland674,218+4.3%
120Dolnośląskie667,813+10.6%
121Picardie Estimated657,480+6%
122Midtjylland651,265+3.8%
123Övre Norrland647,850+28.8%
124Ipeiros647,294+150.7%
125Småland med öarna647,239+116.4%
126Franche-Comté Estimated635,083-12.4%
127Tübingen631,648-7.2%
128Calabria629,118+104.3%
129Sostinės regionas617,631+27%
130Friesland (NL)609,864-23.6%
131Auvergne Estimated593,227+0.8%
132Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen588,871+21.1%
133Pomorskie578,894+4.8%
134Weser-Ems571,108-9.6%
135Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas565,164-10.8%
136Haute-Normandie Estimated558,707+1%
137Prov. Luxembourg (BE)537,312+3.1%
138Rheinhessen-Pfalz536,585-2%
139Norra Mellansverige534,324+57.5%
140Região Autónoma dos Açores532,632+174.8%
141Jihozápad529,994-12%
142Dytiki Elláda527,005+115.5%
143Jihovýchod520,273+15.9%
144Cantabria517,938+131.4%
145Brandenburg505,541+5.8%
146Sterea Elláda503,761+106.3%
147Severovýchod501,369-44.7%
148Overijssel489,569+2%
149Prov. Liège477,725+6.9%
150Abruzzo471,477+102.5%
151Panonska Hrvatska450,494+119.2%
152Dresden447,484-9.8%
153Mecklenburg-Vorpommern445,112-14.5%
154Asturias442,348+134%
155Navarre439,734+168.1%
156Östra Mellansverige438,450+46.7%
157Niederbayern434,718-1.7%
158Śląskie423,584+17.7%
159Bratislavský kraj414,587-14.5%
160Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste413,336-44.3%
161Közép-Dunántúl406,641+25%
162Hannover396,674-0.3%
163Prov. Vlaams-Brabant381,731+21.7%
164Západné Slovensko378,983-21.2%
165Oberpfalz370,078+4.5%
166Burgenland363,378+30.6%
167Leipzig362,609+5.1%
168Sjeverna Hrvatska356,584+77.2%
169Castilla-La Mancha354,972+51.3%
170Münster354,283+18.1%
171Braunschweig353,917-19.3%
172Drenthe352,006-16%
173Kassel351,711-7%
174Wielkopolskie341,629+11%
175Centru339,022+119.2%
176Stredné Slovensko327,991-54.6%
177Sachsen-Anhalt326,675+4.2%
178Východné Slovensko302,827-45.4%
179Sjælland300,268+22.9%
180Unterfranken297,226+1%
181Észak-Alföld296,584+24.4%
182Limousin Estimated293,101+9.3%
183Thüringen290,262+19.2%
184Prov. Hainaut284,691+10%
185Flevoland282,085-17.5%
186Mellersta Norrland278,710+45.2%
187Lüneburg276,787-10.8%
188Extremadura257,481+67.3%
189Łódzkie251,506-0.1%
190Dél-Alföld250,551+43.2%
191Dél-Dunántúl249,192+23%
192Detmold249,103-3.4%
193Yuzhen tsentralen248,181-8.9%
194Prov. Namur238,913+37.1%
195Oberfranken231,795+12.6%
196Groningen213,554-11.8%
197Střední Morava208,846-1.2%
198Lubuskie207,054+31.9%
199Észak-Magyarország205,233+38.1%
200Střední Čechy205,000+7.2%
201Bremen201,130+7.1%
202Moravskoslezsko197,960+7.5%
203Länsi-Suomi197,448-0%
204Saarland193,453-0.9%
205Nord-Vest187,338+104.9%
206Pest172,039+45.1%
207Sud-Est166,677+144.8%
208Vest149,176+40.3%
209Chemnitz147,400+9.5%
210Etelä-Suomi140,735-30.8%
211Mazowiecki regionalny133,813+2.8%
212La Rioja131,721+179.7%
213Kujawsko-pomorskie131,418+23.4%
214Gießen125,869+7%
215Basilicata125,590+84.5%
216Podkarpackie118,573+21.7%
217Prov. Brabant wallon106,463+43.7%
218Warmińsko-mazurskie104,882-12.6%
219Sud-Muntenia101,703+59%
220Nord-Est96,431+58.4%
221Severen tsentralen84,450-8.9%
222Lubelskie81,837+25.7%
223Podlaskie70,907+12.9%
224Åland66,066+173.7%
225Guadeloupe Estimated63,754-47.1%
226Guyane Estimated58,348+13.3%
227Świętokrzyskie55,717+18.7%
228La Réunion Estimated55,060-48.1%
229Martinique Estimated51,901-60.1%
230Opolskie48,489-12.1%
231Severozapaden46,529-69.5%
232Sud-Vest Oltenia39,209+44.4%
233Molise24,438+72%
234Dytiki Makedonia24,009+23.4%
235Melilla13,097+1.3%
236Ceuta7,504-43%
237Mayotte Estimated3,568-43.6%

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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. 7 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2021 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 61.02 million in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Mayotte, with 3,568 in 2021.

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