Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests)

Oberbayern had the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests) of 36 regions in 2020, at 3.99 million. Gießen had the lowest, at 117,676. The median was 486,911 and the figure for Germany was 31.73 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest3,993,303Oberbayern

Lowest117,676Gießen

Median486,91136 regions

Germany31,732,508History

All 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	Oberbayern	3,993,303	-69.9%
2	Berlin	3,722,511	-76%
3	Darmstadt	2,297,072	-67.7%
4	Freiburg	2,019,848	-56.7%
5	Köln	1,357,252	-67.3%
6	Düsseldorf	1,156,661	-68.4%
7	Hamburg	1,151,014	-69.7%
8	Trier	1,127,039	-49%
9	Schwaben	995,323	-61.8%
10	Arnsberg	981,767	-51.5%
11	Schleswig-Holstein	928,454	-58.1%
12	Koblenz	920,215	-53.8%
13	Mittelfranken	718,741	-66.9%
14	Tübingen	680,885	-56.5%
15	Weser-Ems	631,872	-45.9%
16	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	547,676	-50.4%
17	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	520,310	-52.8%
18	Dresden	496,136	-60.7%
19	Brandenburg	477,686	-54.2%
20	Niederbayern	442,211	-49.7%
21	Braunschweig	438,326	-58%
22	Hannover	398,051	-62.8%
23	Kassel	378,175	-46.9%
24	Oberpfalz	354,225	-51.1%
25	Leipzig	344,858	-48.5%
26	Sachsen-Anhalt	313,654	-45.7%
27	Lüneburg	310,360	-56.1%
28	Münster	299,926	-50.6%
29	Unterfranken	294,227	-55.3%
30	Detmold	257,957	-56.2%
31	Thüringen	243,478	-60.2%
32	Oberfranken	205,924	-53.9%
33	Saarland	195,254	-58.1%
34	Bremen	187,814	-64.8%
35	Chemnitz	134,635	-49.3%
36	Gießen	117,676	-60.2%

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 regions are compared on one definition. 2 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.

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.

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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) (Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests), 2020) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table

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Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 3 region, non-residents (foreign country of residence), hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (tour_occ_nin2), Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests), 2020. 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/germany-regions?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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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). Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests), 2020. 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/germany-regions?period=2020.

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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), Regions of Germany (NUTS 2) by nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests), 2020 [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/germany-regions?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Oberbayern, with 3.99 million in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Gießen, with 117,676 in 2020.

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