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

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by nights spent in tourist accommodation, 2018
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Canary Islands had the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation of 235 regions in 2018, at 99.88 million. Mayotte had the lowest, at 86,382. The median was 6.55 million and the figure for the European Union (27) was 2.81 billion. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest99,876,413Canary Islands

Lowest86,382Mayotte

Median6,546,400235 regions

European Union (27)2,811,091,847History

Top 40 regions, 2018

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

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2018 count	Change on 2017
1	Canary Islands	99,876,413	-4.3%
2	Ile-de-France	86,005,403	+7.3%
3	Jadranska Hrvatska	84,846,421	+3.6%
4	Catalonia	81,801,654	-1.5%
5	Balearic Islands	70,216,084	-0.7%
6	Andalusia	69,617,884	+1.3%
7	Veneto	69,229,094	+0.1%
8	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	54,755,962	-0.5%
9	Rhône-Alpes	50,890,384	+0.3%
10	Valencian Community	49,773,882	-0.2%
11	Toscana	47,618,085	+3.7%
12	Emilia-Romagna	40,647,799	+1.4%
13	Oberbayern	39,838,583	+6.8%
14	Lombardia	39,115,354	-0.7%
15	Tirol	38,580,323	+3.3%
16	Notio Aigaio	38,220,246	+32.2%
17	Lazio	36,684,847	+8.5%
18	Languedoc-Roussillon	36,521,648	+0.1%
19	Aquitaine	35,395,737	+0.8%
20	Kriti	34,667,522	+16.3%
21	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	33,260,000	+2.7%
22	Berlin	32,679,129	+5.6%
23	Noord-Holland	31,565,240	+5.3%
24	Schleswig-Holstein	30,927,316	+17%
25	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	27,636,295	+4.2%
26	Community of Madrid	27,626,044	+1.8%
27	Salzburg	24,271,810	+4%
28	Pays de la Loire	23,985,251	+4.1%
29	Bretagne	23,792,714	+2.5%
30	Algarve	22,531,470	+1.4%
31	Campania	21,689,412	+6.1%
32	Darmstadt	20,184,209	+4.2%
33	Praha	18,249,084	+1.1%
34	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	18,156,000	+2.1%
35	Ionia Nisia	18,016,737	+22.6%
36	Midi-Pyrénées	17,883,007	-1%
37	Weser-Ems	17,213,746	+4.5%
38	Kýpros	17,164,182	+2.3%
39	Kentriki Makedonia	16,676,084	+12.3%
40	Eastern and Midland Estimated	16,315,074	n/a
41	Wien	15,843,767	+5%
42	Poitou-Charentes	15,810,801	+0.1%
43	Freiburg	15,566,292	+3.7%
44	Puglia	15,197,186	0%
45	Liguria	15,183,243	-2.2%
46	Zachodniopomorskie	15,153,463	+7.8%
47	Sicilia	15,135,259	+2.9%
48	Piemonte	15,100,768	+1.3%
49	Schwaben	15,014,278	+4.7%
50	Sardegna	14,940,111	+5%
51	Stockholm	14,548,466	+4%
52	Hamburg	14,483,077	+5%
53	Małopolskie	13,918,770	+5.7%
54	Köln	13,582,066	0%
55	Västsverige	12,606,315	+2.6%
56	Stuttgart	12,557,709	+4.1%
57	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	12,182,123	+3.4%
58	Gelderland	12,115,896	+4%
59	Düsseldorf	11,970,809	+2.2%
60	Limburg (NL)	11,813,095	+2.1%
61	Hovedstaden	11,767,300	+7.5%
62	Brandenburg	11,606,866	+4%
63	Kärnten	11,548,941	+2.1%
64	Castile and León	11,398,981	+1%
65	Steiermark	11,158,448	+1.7%
66	Corse	11,124,235	+0.8%
67	Attiki	10,942,125	+14%
68	Karlsruhe	10,748,283	+3%
69	Norte	10,692,053	+8.3%
70	Noord-Brabant	10,582,719	+3.7%
71	Zeeland	10,493,551	+4%
72	Budapest	10,405,424	+2.6%
73	Galicia	10,327,727	-3.4%
74	Alsace	10,255,315	+4%
75	Yugoiztochen	10,188,021	+2.2%
76	Niederbayern	10,171,742	+1.4%
77	Malta	10,114,196	+5.6%
78	Southern Estimated	10,103,507	n/a
79	Centre - Val de Loire	10,022,003	+1.9%
80	Basse-Normandie	9,971,301	+6.5%
81	Pomorskie	9,815,973	+5.5%
82	Marche	9,656,538	-13.3%
83	Lüneburg	9,362,857	+3.4%
84	Calabria	9,277,810	+3.4%
85	Syddanmark	9,121,153	+3.5%
86	Dolnośląskie	9,034,206	+6.4%
87	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	9,022,550	+3.4%
88	Dresden	8,829,884	+2.8%
89	Arnsberg	8,695,022	+1%
90	Northern and Western Estimated	8,652,764	n/a
91	Severovýchod	8,609,500	+3.7%
92	Nord-Pas de Calais	8,534,502	+3%
93	Severoiztochen	8,210,728	+3.6%
94	Koblenz	8,142,484	-0%
95	Mittelfranken	8,121,234	+7.2%
96	Aragon	8,096,184	+1.8%
97	Warszawski stołeczny	7,964,885	+4.8%
98	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	7,930,782	+2.1%
99	Thüringen	7,870,129	-0.9%
100	Tübingen	7,843,270	+6.9%
101	Basque Country	7,823,741	+3.2%
102	Região Autónoma da Madeira	7,772,607	-2.2%
103	Lorraine	7,551,976	+4.6%
104	Oberösterreich	7,279,929	+5.7%
105	Vorarlberg	7,113,490	+3.2%
106	Drenthe	7,102,575	+3.4%
107	Sachsen-Anhalt	7,099,287	+1.4%
108	Overijssel	7,058,851	+2.9%
109	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	6,993,061	+10.4%
110	Norra Mellansverige	6,966,470	+8.3%
111	Bourgogne	6,949,033	-0.5%
112	Severozápad	6,936,111	+3.2%
113	Sydsverige	6,929,643	+5.4%
114	Kassel	6,769,866	-2.7%
115	Auvergne	6,765,455	-2.7%
116	Niederösterreich	6,700,076	+3.2%
117	Eesti	6,630,315	+1.9%
118	Helsinki-Uusimaa	6,546,400	+1.5%
119	Jihozápad	6,385,781	+8.8%
120	Abruzzo	6,335,072	+2.3%
121	Śląskie	6,315,306	+8.7%
122	Östra Mellansverige	6,239,364	+2.8%
123	Braunschweig	6,228,103	+5%
124	Hannover	6,193,698	+1.6%
125	Sud-Est	6,068,949	+8.5%
126	Småland med öarna	6,042,200	-1.6%
127	Centru	6,013,031	+3.1%
128	Friesland (NL)	6,007,292	+6.1%
129	Trier	6,005,613	+3.6%
130	Nyugat-Dunántúl	5,957,135	+2.4%
131	Umbria	5,937,298	+8.3%
132	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	5,686,119	+3.7%
133	Picardie	5,569,459	+1.9%
134	Asturias	5,559,363	-2.1%
135	Jihovýchod	5,550,465	+7.6%
136	Cantabria	5,530,146	+3.9%
137	Region of Murcia	5,493,789	+3.5%
138	Unterfranken	5,472,903	+2.9%
139	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	5,472,363	+9.5%
140	Peloponnisos	5,442,418	+22.8%
141	Latvija	5,368,739	+8.4%
142	Castilla-La Mancha	5,310,003	+4.7%
143	Haute-Normandie	5,158,237	+1.8%
144	Oberpfalz	4,980,887	+1.3%
145	Midtjylland	4,951,468	+0.3%
146	Prov. Antwerpen	4,864,460	+12.2%
147	Stredné Slovensko	4,766,542	+7.2%
148	Nordjylland	4,509,714	+0.6%
149	Kujawsko-pomorskie	4,454,608	+4.3%
150	Yugozapaden	4,409,755	+2.3%
151	Leipzig	4,396,339	+5.7%
152	Champagne-Ardenne	4,395,364	+5.1%
153	Střední Morava	4,388,049	+6.1%
154	Prov. Limburg (BE)	4,330,127	+5.5%
155	Övre Norrland	4,308,385	+2.5%
156	Oberfranken	4,267,156	+2.6%
157	Franche-Comté	4,182,165	-0.7%
158	Länsi-Suomi	4,157,253	+1.8%
159	Chemnitz	4,152,568	+2.5%
160	Münster	4,133,999	+4.7%
161	Thessalia	4,022,777	+12.7%
162	Detmold	4,018,140	-0.2%
163	Közép-Dunántúl	3,965,763	+8.5%
164	Wielkopolskie	3,808,165	+3.3%
165	Západné Slovensko	3,713,700	+1.9%
166	Bucureşti-Ilfov	3,678,452	+2.2%
167	Východné Slovensko	3,639,957	+4.5%
168	Nord-Vest	3,614,053	+9.2%
169	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	3,606,289	+0.2%
170	Podkarpackie	3,540,363	+4.6%
171	Extremadura	3,434,064	+3.5%
172	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	3,356,091	+7%
173	Warmińsko-mazurskie	3,236,269	+3.3%
174	Dél-Dunántúl	3,228,481	+1.5%
175	Mellersta Norrland	3,216,031	+7.8%
176	Etelä-Suomi	3,207,550	-0.1%
177	Luxembourg	3,173,857	-1.9%
178	Navarre	3,114,096	-0.4%
179	Ipeiros	3,101,591	+28.5%
180	Bratislavský kraj	3,067,941	-0.9%
181	Észak-Magyarország	2,966,088	+2.1%
182	Voreio Aigaio	2,952,712	+13.2%
183	Sjælland	2,930,759	-1.3%
184	Sterea Elláda	2,868,299	+18.3%
185	Moravskoslezsko	2,752,191	+7.9%
186	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	2,733,464	+13.1%
187	Burgenland	2,732,386	-1.7%
188	Észak-Alföld	2,686,001	+5.9%
189	Limousin	2,653,115	+1.1%
190	Yuzhen tsentralen	2,644,172	+4.5%
191	Střední Čechy	2,642,741	+9%
192	Sostinės regionas	2,619,284	+10.6%
193	Basilicata	2,603,622	+4.2%
194	Łódzkie	2,560,848	+9.3%
195	Grad Zagreb	2,511,817	n/a
196	Bremen	2,502,898	+6.1%
197	Prov. Liège	2,468,194	+2.3%
198	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	2,454,113	+8.4%
199	Nord-Est	2,408,504	+5.6%
200	Vest	2,374,521	+3.7%
201	Flevoland	2,367,822	-5.8%
202	Saarland	2,313,198	+2.6%
203	Lubelskie	2,296,723	+6.9%
204	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	2,295,796	+13%
205	Gießen	2,290,230	+1.5%
206	Dytiki Elláda	2,287,268	+3.5%
207	Sud-Muntenia	2,228,490	+8.9%
208	Dél-Alföld	2,197,683	+3.9%
209	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2,181,335	+13.5%
210	Sud-Vest Oltenia	2,075,153	+5.8%
211	Groningen	1,826,254	+21.2%
212	Świętokrzyskie	1,796,855	+7.3%
213	La Rioja	1,609,648	-2.7%
214	La Réunion	1,475,985	+9.1%
215	Mazowiecki regionalny	1,433,997	+12.2%
216	Lubuskie	1,429,521	+5%
217	Pest	1,423,545	+13.4%
218	Martinique	1,342,388	+3.6%
219	Prov. Hainaut	1,296,905	+5.8%
220	Guadeloupe	1,278,262	+3.4%
221	Panonska Hrvatska	1,250,554	n/a
222	Prov. Namur	1,214,032	-6.3%
223	Podlaskie	1,211,432	-2.7%
224	Sjeverna Hrvatska	958,861	n/a
225	Opolskie	889,079	-3.4%
226	Severen tsentralen	847,302	+11.6%
227	Severozapaden	545,035	-2.7%
228	Prov. Brabant wallon	488,009	+1.9%
229	Molise	448,600	+3%
230	Guyane	403,965	+8.8%
231	Åland	393,099	-2.7%
232	Dytiki Makedonia	386,541	+11.2%
233	Ceuta	180,257	-1%
234	Melilla	150,757	-4.3%
235	Mayotte	86,382	+2.9%

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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. 9 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2018 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 99.88 million in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest nights spent in tourist accommodation?

Mayotte, with 86,382 in 2018.

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. 9 regions have no value for 2018 and are not ranked.