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

Berlin had the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation by non-residents (foreign guests) of 38 regions in 2021, at 4.06 million. Gießen had the lowest, at 125,869. The median was 476,513 and the figure for Germany was 30.73 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest4,058,666Berlin

Lowest125,869Gießen

Median476,51338 regions

Germany30,731,500History

All regions, 2021

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	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Berlin	4,058,666	+9%
2	Oberbayern	3,951,071	-1.1%
3	Darmstadt	2,155,614	-6.2%
4	Freiburg	1,892,767	-6.3%
5	Köln	1,378,071	+1.5%
6	Hamburg	1,244,522	+8.1%
7	Stuttgart	1,217,593	n/a
8	Düsseldorf	1,085,065	-6.2%
9	Karlsruhe	947,510	n/a
10	Schleswig-Holstein	912,083	-1.8%
11	Schwaben	837,474	-15.9%
12	Trier	814,333	-27.7%
13	Koblenz	756,640	-17.8%
14	Arnsberg	700,107	-28.7%
15	Mittelfranken	678,816	-5.6%
16	Tübingen	631,648	-7.2%
17	Weser-Ems	571,108	-9.6%
18	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	536,585	-2%
19	Brandenburg	505,541	+5.8%
20	Dresden	447,484	-9.8%
21	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	445,112	-14.5%
22	Niederbayern	434,718	-1.7%
23	Hannover	396,674	-0.3%
24	Oberpfalz	370,078	+4.5%
25	Leipzig	362,609	+5.1%
26	Münster	354,283	+18.1%
27	Braunschweig	353,917	-19.3%
28	Kassel	351,711	-7%
29	Sachsen-Anhalt	326,675	+4.2%
30	Unterfranken	297,226	+1%
31	Thüringen	290,262	+19.2%
32	Lüneburg	276,787	-10.8%
33	Detmold	249,103	-3.4%
34	Oberfranken	231,795	+12.6%
35	Bremen	201,130	+7.1%
36	Saarland	193,453	-0.9%
37	Chemnitz	147,400	+9.5%
38	Gießen	125,869	+7%

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. 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), 2021) [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), 2021. 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=2021. 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), 2021. 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=2021.

Harvard

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), 2021 [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=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

Berlin, with 4.06 million in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Gießen, with 125,869 in 2021.

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.