NUTS 3 areas of Germany by nights spent in tourist accommodation

Name: NUTS 3 areas of Germany by nights spent in tourist accommodation, 2021
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Berlin had the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation of 385 areas in 2021, at 13.79 million. Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt had the lowest, at 32,176. The median was 325,570 and the figure for Germany was 266.1 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest13,792,693Berlin

Lowest32,176Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt

Median325,570385 areas

Germany266,102,654History

Top 40 areas, 2021

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count. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Rank	Areas	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Berlin	13,792,693	+13.9%
2	Ostholstein	9,398,697	+6.7%
3	Nordfriesland	8,695,435	+10.5%
4	Vorpommern-Rügen	8,226,325	-7.9%
5	München, Kreisfreie Stadt	7,937,238	+12.9%
6	Hamburg	7,517,220	+9.9%
7	Vorpommern-Greifswald	4,909,607	-2.4%
8	Frankfurt am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	4,173,833	+2.6%
9	Oberallgäu	3,794,765	-13%
10	Landkreis Rostock	3,504,025	-5%
11	Aurich	3,077,613	+3.7%
12	Mecklenburgische Seenplatte	2,931,500	-11.5%
13	Köln, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,707,888	+8.2%
14	Ortenaukreis	2,614,305	+18.1%
15	Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald	2,606,543	-4.4%
16	Ostallgäu	2,388,666	-5.2%
17	Garmisch-Partenkirchen	2,328,018	-10.7%
18	Hochsauerlandkreis	2,235,958	-8.8%
19	Bodenseekreis	2,234,627	-2.1%
20	Dresden, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,215,616	-14.4%
21	Heidekreis	2,163,119	+7.3%
22	Traunstein	2,116,066	-13.3%
23	Region Hannover	2,107,730	+4%
24	Passau, Landkreis	2,053,766	+11.2%
25	Leipzig, Kreisfreie Stadt	2,032,368	+3.7%
26	Wittmund	1,967,011	+5.2%
27	Düsseldorf, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,940,880	+6.4%
28	Schleswig-Flensburg	1,841,287	+26%
29	Lübeck, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,818,839	+14.2%
30	Cuxhaven	1,815,069	+0.4%
31	Nordwestmecklenburg	1,785,682	-2.6%
32	Berchtesgadener Land	1,746,422	-7.8%
33	Konstanz	1,728,227	-1%
34	Rendsburg-Eckernförde	1,712,292	+15.6%
35	Harz	1,627,479	-12.1%
36	Stuttgart, Stadtkreis	1,612,083	-0.4%
37	Dithmarschen	1,603,152	+5.2%
38	Plön	1,597,340	+12%
39	Friesland (DE)	1,567,071	+11.9%
40	Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,494,752	-0.3%
41	Ravensburg	1,436,627	-1.1%
42	Rostock, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,402,045	-5.9%
43	Emsland	1,381,246	+13.1%
44	Goslar	1,368,968	-9%
45	Rosenheim, Landkreis	1,327,007	+1.4%
46	Regen	1,326,232	-13.2%
47	Waldeck-Frankenberg	1,288,134	-6.5%
48	Dahme-Spreewald	1,258,003	+5.2%
49	Bremen, Kreisfreie Stadt	1,249,565	+10.6%
50	Freiburg im Breisgau, Stadtkreis	1,232,568	+11.9%
51	Miesbach	1,232,293	-8.8%
52	Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge	1,210,891	-22.4%
53	Cochem-Zell	1,208,554	-13.9%
54	München, Landkreis	1,174,905	+4%
55	Bernkastel-Wittlich	1,164,899	-8.7%
56	Lindau (Bodensee)	1,159,239	-2.8%
57	Leer	1,094,187	+8.4%
58	Göttingen	1,076,343	+1.4%
59	Cham	1,072,087	-7.3%
60	Fulda	978,457	+6.8%
61	Oder-Spree	905,524	-0.3%
62	Vulkaneifel	870,990	-11.4%
63	Trier-Saarburg	869,871	-5.7%
64	Ludwigslust-Parchim	815,688	-0.1%
65	Erzgebirgskreis	812,021	-24.6%
66	Ansbach, Landkreis	798,637	+20%
67	Bonn, Kreisfreie Stadt	791,966	+14.1%
68	Görlitz	773,148	-12.8%
69	Heidelberg, Stadtkreis	751,471	+1.7%
70	Lörrach	748,427	-2%
71	Städteregion Aachen	743,830	+0.3%
72	Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen	743,795	+3.7%
73	Potsdam, Kreisfreie Stadt	742,809	-5.5%
74	Rhein-Neckar-Kreis	689,728	+5.8%
75	Kiel, Kreisfreie Stadt	683,792	+16.3%
76	Osnabrück, Landkreis	678,750	+6.7%
77	Oberspreewald-Lausitz	678,577	-11.1%
78	Uckermark	678,558	-0.8%
79	Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen	672,485	+13.5%
80	Lippe	669,279	+3.7%
81	Erfurt, Kreisfreie Stadt	665,742	+35.2%
82	Freyung-Grafenau	663,788	-16.1%
83	Esslingen	632,479	-0.8%
84	Potsdam-Mittelmark	627,657	+1.9%
85	Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt	623,945	+19.4%
86	Böblingen	623,689	+3.6%
87	Essen, Kreisfreie Stadt	609,498	+10.1%
88	Wesermarsch	606,853	-2.4%
89	Regensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	605,315	+1.5%
90	Celle	602,110	+9.9%
91	Calw	597,922	+1%
92	Rhein-Sieg-Kreis	594,901	+5.7%
93	Waldshut	594,403	-2.3%
94	Erding	591,690	-9.2%
95	Ludwigsburg	583,171	+3.4%
96	Ostprignitz-Ruppin	582,665	-0.4%
97	Dortmund, Kreisfreie Stadt	581,539	+4.2%
98	Eichstätt	578,925	+2.6%
99	Schwarzwald-Baar-Kreis	578,843	-6.7%
100	Bad Kissingen	575,653	+12.9%
101	Kitzingen	573,853	+7.6%
102	Gotha	555,378	-4.5%
103	Steinfurt	553,357	+16.5%
104	Reutlingen	532,135	+10.6%
105	Rhein-Erft-Kreis	531,318	+11.1%
106	Soest	525,662	+12.9%
107	Offenbach, Landkreis	523,600	-7.4%
108	Wiesbaden, Kreisfreie Stadt	519,631	+2.3%
109	Kleve	515,160	+3.7%
110	Mainz, Kreisfreie Stadt	514,881	+5.8%
111	Harburg	514,378	+4.7%
112	Koblenz, Kreisfreie Stadt	512,052	-6.2%
113	St. Wendel	510,383	-0.8%
114	Mayen-Koblenz	504,581	-7.1%
115	Starnberg	499,213	+4%
116	Vogtlandkreis	499,013	-0.9%
117	Main-Kinzig-Kreis	497,627	+12.1%
118	Unterallgäu	497,375	+10.3%
119	Bad Dürkheim	493,158	-9.2%
120	Wesel	491,689	+3.9%
121	Günzburg	491,545	+5.9%
122	Bautzen	491,130	-10.3%
123	Rhein-Hunsrück-Kreis	487,398	-7%
124	Emmendingen	480,803	+9.4%
125	Freising	477,884	-1.5%
126	Rheingau-Taunus-Kreis	474,390	-0.5%
127	Pinneberg	473,530	+12.9%
128	Würzburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	467,392	+7.2%
129	Augsburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	467,358	+14.1%
130	Groß-Gerau	464,961	-9%
131	Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt	464,119	-7%
132	Hersfeld-Rotenburg	463,481	+4.3%
133	Ostalbkreis	462,710	+4.4%
134	Rottal-Inn	462,602	+5.1%
135	Bamberg, Kreisfreie Stadt	462,099	+4.7%
136	Hochtaunuskreis	462,082	+8.9%
137	Recklinghausen	459,881	+24.3%
138	Ulm, Stadtkreis	459,786	+19.9%
139	Heilbronn, Landkreis	458,799	-3.4%
140	Südliche Weinstraße	458,125	+0.8%
141	Magdeburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	453,526	+6.5%
142	Barnim	453,434	+10.1%
143	Lüneburg, Landkreis	452,003	+4%
144	Teltow-Fläming	448,876	+3.6%
145	Nordsachsen	447,612	+4.8%
146	Spree-Neiße	447,227	-14.3%
147	Ammerland	446,387	+7%
148	Kassel, Kreisfreie Stadt	445,847	-1.5%
149	Eifelkreis Bitburg-Prüm	438,409	-24.2%
150	Kassel, Landkreis	432,500	+1.8%
151	Grafschaft Bentheim	430,854	-2%
152	Zwickau	430,352	+4.4%
153	Borken	428,358	+14.6%
154	Kelheim	428,175	-3.3%
155	Herzogtum Lauenburg	427,059	+11.8%
156	Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt	412,210	+0.8%
157	Meißen	409,057	-10.9%
158	Oberhavel	407,586	+3.8%
159	Diepholz	404,860	+89.8%
160	Ahrweiler	404,013	-42.4%
161	Bayreuth, Landkreis	403,678	-5.9%
162	Mainz-Bingen	397,993	+3.4%
163	Karlsruhe, Landkreis	397,619	+6.6%
164	Stade	390,486	+11%
165	Straubing-Bogen	390,039	-14%
166	Düren	386,289	-2.1%
167	Rhön-Grabfeld	384,563	+2.5%
168	Bad Kreuznach	381,539	+5.7%
169	Westerwaldkreis	379,672	+5.3%
170	Euskirchen	378,754	-17.4%
171	Rhein-Lahn-Kreis	377,231	-6.9%
172	Regionalverband Saarbrücken	372,097	+4.2%
173	Segeberg	370,940	+26.8%
174	Mettmann	370,798	-10.9%
175	Bergstraße	370,203	+4.3%
176	Alb-Donau-Kreis	364,547	+16.8%
177	Paderborn	359,449	+2%
178	Burgenlandkreis	359,173	-5.1%
179	Darmstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	357,637	+17%
180	Braunschweig, Kreisfreie Stadt	354,105	+5.1%
181	Schwäbisch Hall	353,649	+3.7%
182	Olpe	350,537	-2.6%
183	Marburg-Biedenkopf	347,771	+6%
184	Rems-Murr-Kreis	346,181	+3%
185	Coesfeld	340,805	+0.8%
186	Gütersloh	335,773	+13.2%
187	Leipzig	334,313	-3.6%
188	Rastatt	333,209	+15%
189	Mittelsachsen	331,799	-6.5%
190	Hameln-Pyrmont	330,783	+5.6%
191	Main-Spessart	326,161	+4.1%
192	Main-Taunus-Kreis	326,061	-10.8%
193	Wittenberg	325,570	-10.5%
194	Rhein-Kreis Neuss	324,981	-4.2%
195	Höxter	323,581	+0.9%
196	Bremerhaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	323,283	+15%
197	Sigmaringen	321,478	+0.7%
198	Schwandorf	319,170	+8%
199	Saalekreis	318,368	+6.9%
200	Minden-Lübbecke	316,038	+7.5%
201	Bielefeld, Kreisfreie Stadt	314,817	+6.8%
202	Cloppenburg	307,824	+7.3%
203	Darmstadt-Dieburg	304,408	+2.6%
204	Schwalm-Eder-Kreis	301,253	+1.3%
205	Würzburg, Landkreis	295,737	+7.2%
206	Ingolstadt, Kreisfreie Stadt	294,821	+3.8%
207	Aschaffenburg, Landkreis	293,482	+10.4%
208	Flensburg, Kreisfreie Stadt	289,651	+28.3%
209	Neustadt a. d. Aisch-Bad Windsheim	289,550	+17.2%
210	Lichtenfels	287,756	+10.1%
211	Lahn-Dill-Kreis	286,859	-1.7%
212	Uelzen	283,747	+12.8%
213	Biberach	282,779	+1.4%
214	Erlangen, Kreisfreie Stadt	281,670	+27.5%
215	Bamberg, Landkreis	275,146	+5.8%
216	Rotenburg (Wümme)	273,847	+21.7%
217	Siegen-Wittgenstein	273,224	+3.7%
218	Neu-Ulm	270,593	+12.9%
219	Südwestpfalz	270,323	-11.7%
220	Göppingen	269,967	+12.2%
221	Tirschenreuth	269,384	+11.5%
222	Halle (Saale), Kreisfreie Stadt	265,945	+7.4%
223	Vogelsbergkreis	263,858	+3.8%
224	Weilheim-Schongau	262,923	+4.9%
225	Warendorf	261,966	+16.4%
226	Wetteraukreis	261,806	+1.2%
227	Hildesheim	260,426	+1.7%
228	Osnabrück, Kreisfreie Stadt	260,376	+8.7%
229	Oberbergischer Kreis	257,404	+4.5%
230	Passau, Kreisfreie Stadt	254,368	-7.9%
231	Offenbach am Main, Kreisfreie Stadt	253,237	-6.6%
232	Schaumburg	252,626	+8%
233	Forchheim	252,306	+12%
234	Ebersberg	247,935	+3.2%
235	Bochum, Kreisfreie Stadt	247,319	+6.6%
236	Märkisch-Oderland	244,452	+7.9%
237	Chemnitz, Kreisfreie Stadt	243,935	-2.3%
238	Stormarn	242,396	+3.3%
239	Mansfeld-Südharz	241,297	+0.7%
240	Salzlandkreis	240,920	+6.9%
241	Jena, Kreisfreie Stadt	240,492	+13.2%
242	Schwerin, Kreisfreie Stadt	240,125	-6.1%
243	Märkischer Kreis	239,974	+11.5%
244	Roth	237,525	+2.6%
245	Fürstenfeldbruck	234,758	+23.6%
246	Neuwied	233,412	-11.3%
247	Werra-Meißner-Kreis	232,891	+6.7%
248	Weimarer Land	232,532	-3%
249	Bayreuth, Kreisfreie Stadt	231,416	+15%
250	Wilhelmshaven, Kreisfreie Stadt	231,257	+17.9%

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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 areas are compared on one definition. 15 areas with data in other periods have no value for 2021 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 2026-10-09.

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Which area has the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation?

Berlin, with 13.79 million in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which area has the lowest nights spent in tourist accommodation?

Zweibrücken, Kreisfreie Stadt, with 32,176 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 2 and 3 region (tour_occ_nin2). Retrieved 2026-10-09. 15 areas have no value for 2021 and are not ranked.