Data / Rankings / Nights spent in tourist accommodation / EU countries

EU countries by nights spent in tourist accommodation

Spain had the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation of 27 EU countries in 2015, at 422.23 million. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 3.2 million. The median was 30.81 million and the figure for the European Union (27) was 2.49 billion. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest422,226,376Spain
Lowest3,202,737Luxembourg
Median30,809,34027 EU countries
European Union (27)2,486,255,255History

All EU countries, 2015

CSVChart (SVG)

SpainSpain: 422,226,376 count422,226,376FranceFrance: 410,052,887 count410,052,887ItalyItaly: 392,874,070 count392,874,070GermanyGermany: 378,048,084 count378,048,084AustriaAustria: 113,365,901 count113,365,901GreeceGreece: 106,064,266 count106,064,266NetherlandsNetherlands: 103,534,302 count103,534,302CroatiaCroatia: 71,339,000 count71,339,000PolandPoland: 71,234,421 count71,234,421PortugalPortugal: 59,419,938 count59,419,938SwedenSweden: 55,611,847 count55,611,847CzechiaCzechia: 47,093,906 count47,093,906BelgiumBelgium: 38,380,415 count38,380,415DenmarkDenmark: 30,809,340 count30,809,340IrelandIreland: 29,710,054 count29,710,054HungaryHungary: 27,542,898 count27,542,898RomaniaRomania: 23,445,286 count23,445,286BulgariaBulgaria: 21,397,816 count21,397,816FinlandFinland: 19,738,123 count19,738,123CyprusCyprus: 13,374,837 count13,374,837SlovakiaSlovakia: 12,176,275 count12,176,275SloveniaSlovenia: 10,224,207 count10,224,207MaltaMalta: 8,915,297 count8,915,297LithuaniaLithuania: 6,581,192 count6,581,192EstoniaEstonia: 5,781,870 count5,781,870LatviaLatvia: 4,109,910 count4,109,910LuxembourgLuxembourg: 3,202,737 count3,202,737
count. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2015
count		Change on 2014
1Spain422,226,376+4.5%
2France410,052,887+1.9%
3Italy392,874,070+4%
4Germany378,048,084+3.1%
5Austria113,365,901+2.6%
6Greece106,064,266+5.3%
7Netherlands103,534,302+3.8%
8Croatia71,339,000+7.9%
9Poland71,234,421+7%
10Portugal59,419,938+8.1%
11Sweden55,611,847+6.4%
12Czechia47,093,906+9.7%
13Belgium38,380,415+17.7%
14Denmark30,809,340+3.9%
15Ireland Estimated29,710,054+1.9%
16Hungary27,542,898+5.7%
17Romania23,445,286+15.9%
18Bulgaria21,397,816-1.4%
19Finland19,738,123-0.2%
20Cyprus13,374,837-2.5%
21Slovakia12,176,275+12.9%
22Slovenia10,224,207+8%
23Malta8,915,297+1.5%
24Lithuania6,581,192+1.8%
25Estonia5,781,870-0.5%
26Latvia4,109,910-1.2%
27Luxembourg3,202,737+11.7%

Other periods

About this ranking

Nights spent at hotels, holiday accommodation, campsites and similar establishments (Eurostat). Comparable across EU countries and regions.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 2 and 3 region (tour_occ_nin2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

Rank EU countries by nights spent in tourist accommodation using official data, and cite the source.
rank_places {"indicator":"tourist_nights","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)","limit":10}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=tourist_nights&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)&limit=10

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

Which EU country has the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation?

Spain, with 422.23 million in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest nights spent in tourist accommodation?

Luxembourg, with 3.2 million in 2015.

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 2 and 3 region (tour_occ_nin2). Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Nights spent in tourist accommodation: other rankings

EU countries: more rankings