EU regions (NUTS 2) by nights spent in tourist accommodation

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by nights spent in tourist accommodation, 2017
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Canary Islands had the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation of 231 regions in 2017, at 104.38 million. Mayotte had the lowest, at 83,946. The median was 6.34 million and the figure for the European Union (27) was 2.72 billion. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest104,382,580Canary Islands

Lowest83,946Mayotte

Median6,335,177231 regions

European Union (27)2,718,947,476History

Top 40 regions, 2017

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count. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2017 count	Change on 2016
1	Canary Islands	104,382,580	+1.7%
2	Catalonia	83,048,742	+4%
3	Jadranska Hrvatska	81,860,833	+10.3%
4	Ile-de-France	80,148,624	+12.6%
5	Balearic Islands	70,697,652	+1.1%
6	Veneto	69,184,094	+5.8%
7	Andalusia	68,717,603	+3.9%
8	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	55,009,954	n/a
9	Rhône-Alpes	50,716,631	n/a
10	Valencian Community	49,881,433	+5.2%
11	Toscana	45,935,063	+3.7%
12	Emilia-Romagna	40,095,054	+6%
13	Lombardia	39,385,960	+5.9%
14	Tirol	37,356,125	+2.2%
15	Oberbayern	37,294,795	+6.3%
16	Languedoc-Roussillon	36,494,757	n/a
17	Aquitaine	35,127,899	n/a
18	Lazio	33,808,209	+5.2%
19	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	32,400,662	+3.5%
20	Berlin	30,959,445	+0.2%
21	Noord-Holland	29,965,073	+9.4%
22	Kriti	29,800,441	+6.6%
23	Notio Aigaio	28,913,636	+10.9%
24	Community of Madrid	27,144,384	+8%
25	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	26,534,830	-2.2%
26	Schleswig-Holstein	26,424,911	+6.7%
27	Salzburg	23,341,866	+3%
28	Bretagne	23,216,369	n/a
29	Pays de la Loire	23,050,909	n/a
30	Algarve	22,209,935	+6.1%
31	Campania	20,449,600	+2.9%
32	Darmstadt	19,377,584	+5.7%
33	Midi-Pyrénées	18,058,187	n/a
34	Praha	18,055,838	+7.5%
35	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	17,776,030	+5%
36	Kýpros	16,780,913	+9.3%
37	Weser-Ems	16,467,452	+3.1%
38	Poitou-Charentes	15,796,296	n/a
39	Liguria	15,531,610	+3.2%
40	Puglia	15,190,865	+5.2%
41	Wien	15,093,839	+2.3%
42	Freiburg	15,017,608	+1.4%
43	Piemonte	14,900,497	+6.3%
44	Kentriki Makedonia	14,848,911	+5.9%
45	Sicilia	14,704,926	+7.3%
46	Ionia Nisia	14,700,308	+7%
47	Schwaben	14,340,572	+5.3%
48	Sardegna	14,222,332	+5.5%
49	Zachodniopomorskie	14,057,523	+5%
50	Stockholm	13,994,879	+4.5%
51	Hamburg	13,788,350	+3.4%
52	Köln	13,579,080	+6%
53	Małopolskie	13,165,713	+6.6%
54	Västsverige	12,284,687	+1.6%
55	Stuttgart	12,059,396	+3%
56	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	11,776,860	+1.1%
57	Düsseldorf	11,712,951	+3.7%
58	Gelderland	11,646,006	+5.6%
59	Limburg (NL)	11,565,732	+3.7%
60	Kärnten	11,310,192	+2.4%
61	Castile and León	11,280,921	+5.3%
62	Brandenburg	11,163,579	+2%
63	Marche	11,131,617	-8%
64	Corse	11,035,499	n/a
65	Steiermark	10,971,252	+3.9%
66	Hovedstaden	10,948,698	+2.1%
67	Galicia	10,693,873	+6%
68	Karlsruhe	10,436,632	+2.6%
69	Noord-Brabant	10,207,288	-6.2%
70	Budapest	10,144,476	+8.2%
71	Zeeland	10,089,457	-0.3%
72	Niederbayern	10,030,043	+1.6%
73	Yugoiztochen	9,968,379	+2.1%
74	Norte	9,872,573	+11.1%
75	Alsace	9,864,323	n/a
76	Centre - Val de Loire	9,838,879	n/a
77	Attiki	9,600,041	+10.1%
78	Malta	9,580,329	+6.8%
79	Basse-Normandie	9,359,302	n/a
80	Pomorskie	9,306,686	+6.7%
81	Lüneburg	9,057,879	+0.8%
82	Calabria	8,973,630	+5.4%
83	Syddanmark	8,816,382	-1.3%
84	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	8,729,955	+5.1%
85	Arnsberg	8,604,755	+5.5%
86	Dresden	8,588,019	+3.7%
87	Dolnośląskie	8,490,516	+4.7%
88	Severovýchod	8,304,338	+7.8%
89	Nord-Pas de Calais	8,287,596	n/a
90	Koblenz	8,146,320	+2.6%
91	Aragon	7,956,122	+7.5%
92	Região Autónoma da Madeira	7,951,310	+3.1%
93	Thüringen	7,943,541	+2.5%
94	Severoiztochen	7,925,542	+4%
95	Zahodna Slovenija	7,850,319	+15.9%
96	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	7,767,132	+4.5%
97	Warszawski stołeczny	7,601,661	n/a
98	Basque Country	7,578,408	+6.2%
99	Mittelfranken	7,577,394	+2.8%
100	Tübingen	7,339,422	+1%
101	Lorraine	7,222,371	n/a
102	Sachsen-Anhalt	7,003,678	+5.5%
103	Bourgogne	6,985,462	n/a
104	Kassel	6,954,168	+5.5%
105	Auvergne	6,952,263	n/a
106	Vorarlberg	6,892,247	+1.6%
107	Oberösterreich	6,888,592	+4.1%
108	Drenthe	6,872,039	+3.7%
109	Overijssel	6,856,821	+9.5%
110	Severozápad	6,721,835	+6.9%
111	Sydsverige	6,575,436	-0.1%
112	Eesti	6,509,299	+4.5%
113	Niederösterreich	6,491,384	+4.5%
114	Helsinki-Uusimaa	6,449,086	+17.1%
115	Norra Mellansverige	6,433,878	+1%
116	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	6,335,177	+21.6%
117	Abruzzo	6,193,473	+1.2%
118	Småland med öarna	6,140,432	+3.5%
119	Hannover	6,094,037	+2.9%
120	Östra Mellansverige	6,069,678	+2.9%
121	Braunschweig	5,933,484	-0%
122	Jihozápad	5,868,896	+3.1%
123	Centru	5,832,949	+9.5%
124	Nyugat-Dunántúl	5,819,675	+7.8%
125	Śląskie	5,810,348	+6.6%
126	Trier	5,794,226	+0.3%
127	Asturias	5,678,417	+6.7%
128	Friesland (NL)	5,662,640	+5.6%
129	Sud-Est	5,593,943	+5.3%
130	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	5,484,928	+2.8%
131	Umbria	5,483,138	-8.4%
132	Picardie	5,465,291	n/a
133	Cantabria	5,323,145	+4.5%
134	Unterfranken	5,320,270	+2.2%
135	Region of Murcia	5,308,400	+2.8%
136	Jihovýchod	5,156,502	+12.5%
137	Castilla-La Mancha	5,071,040	+4.6%
138	Haute-Normandie	5,068,017	n/a
139	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	4,995,818	+6.7%
140	Latvija	4,950,929	+12.1%
141	Midtjylland	4,937,336	+3.1%
142	Oberpfalz	4,917,590	+2.5%
143	Vzhodna Slovenija	4,609,765	+7.6%
144	Nordjylland	4,484,628	-0.6%
145	Stredné Slovensko	4,446,391	+4%
146	Peloponnisos	4,431,608	+3%
147	Prov. Antwerpen	4,333,706	+2.2%
148	Yugozapaden	4,309,369	+6.6%
149	Kujawsko-pomorskie	4,271,410	+9.2%
150	Franche-Comté	4,213,688	n/a
151	Övre Norrland	4,201,714	+4.8%
152	Champagne-Ardenne	4,182,228	n/a
153	Oberfranken	4,160,016	+0.7%
154	Leipzig	4,159,684	+8.4%
155	Střední Morava	4,135,092	+3.7%
156	Prov. Limburg (BE)	4,105,887	-0.9%
157	Länsi-Suomi	4,082,713	+3.6%
158	Chemnitz	4,052,658	+3.3%
159	Detmold	4,026,514	+5%
160	Münster	3,948,279	+4.4%
161	Wielkopolskie	3,688,113	+2.2%
162	Közép-Dunántúl	3,653,564	+11.1%
163	Západné Slovensko	3,643,250	+11.9%
164	Bucureşti-Ilfov	3,600,639	+7.3%
165	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	3,599,402	+3.8%
166	Thessalia	3,570,940	+8.2%
167	Východné Slovensko	3,482,845	+3.2%
168	Podkarpackie	3,384,948	n/a
169	Extremadura	3,317,570	+4.1%
170	Nord-Vest	3,310,646	+8.2%
171	Luxembourg	3,233,979	-1.1%
172	Etelä-Suomi	3,211,274	+5.1%
173	Dél-Dunántúl	3,180,016	+0.2%
174	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	3,137,952	+9.7%
175	Warmińsko-mazurskie	3,131,890	-3.3%
176	Navarre	3,125,413	+5.9%
177	Bratislavský kraj	3,095,451	+3.5%
178	Mellersta Norrland	2,982,497	+0.7%
179	Sjælland	2,970,750	+1%
180	Észak-Magyarország	2,903,993	+9.6%
181	Burgenland	2,781,046	-0.2%
182	Limousin	2,623,480	n/a
183	Voreio Aigaio	2,609,168	+9.1%
184	Moravskoslezsko	2,551,815	+8.6%
185	Észak-Alföld	2,535,453	+6.4%
186	Yuzhen tsentralen	2,530,985	+3%
187	Flevoland	2,513,585	+9.2%
188	Basilicata	2,497,581	+6.5%
189	Střední Čechy	2,425,079	+5.5%
190	Sterea Elláda	2,423,657	+10.7%
191	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	2,417,871	-5.8%
192	Ipeiros	2,413,753	+17.1%
193	Prov. Liège	2,412,971	+3%
194	Sostinės regionas	2,369,106	+2.5%
195	Bremen	2,357,916	+2.5%
196	Łódzkie	2,342,874	n/a
197	Vest	2,289,826	+0.7%
198	Nord-Est	2,279,767	+5.2%
199	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	2,264,035	+12.3%
200	Gießen	2,256,170	+4.9%
201	Saarland	2,255,042	+3.7%
202	Dytiki Elláda	2,210,892	+5.7%
203	Lubelskie	2,149,371	n/a
204	Dél-Alföld	2,116,192	+14.5%
205	Sud-Muntenia	2,046,686	+3.3%
206	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	2,030,847	+10.1%
207	Sud-Vest Oltenia	1,961,117	+8.8%
208	Região Autónoma dos Açores	1,921,951	+15.1%
209	Świętokrzyskie	1,674,397	n/a
210	La Rioja	1,654,361	+5.3%
211	Groningen	1,506,206	+3.6%
212	Lubuskie	1,361,214	-1.9%
213	La Réunion	1,352,687	n/a
214	Martinique	1,296,175	n/a
215	Prov. Namur	1,295,569	+5.4%
216	Mazowiecki regionalny	1,278,291	n/a
217	Pest	1,255,350	+7.4%
218	Podlaskie	1,245,273	n/a
219	Guadeloupe	1,236,724	n/a
220	Prov. Hainaut	1,225,305	+3.5%
221	Opolskie	920,687	+5.1%
222	Severen tsentralen	759,511	+0.3%
223	Severozapaden	560,310	+2.2%
224	Prov. Brabant wallon	479,080	+11.5%
225	Molise	435,457	-5.3%
226	Åland	403,949	-0.6%
227	Guyane	371,167	n/a
228	Dytiki Makedonia	347,707	+8.6%
229	Ceuta	182,114	-1.7%
230	Melilla	157,550	-2.5%
231	Mayotte	83,946	n/a

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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 regions are compared on one definition. 13 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2017 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 2 and 3 region (tour_occ_nin2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Which region has the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation?

Canary Islands, with 104.38 million in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest nights spent in tourist accommodation?

Mayotte, with 83,946 in 2017.

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. 13 regions have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.