In the first quarter of 2026, there were 471.1 million overnight stays in tourist accommodations across the EU, marking an increase of 3.4% compared with the same quarter of 2025. January recorded 143.5 million nights (+3.2% compared with January 2025), February 154.4 million (+3.4%) and March 173.2 million (+3.7%).
At the country level, Ireland registered by far the highest increase in nights spent in tourist accommodation in the first quarter of the year, at 35.3%, ahead of Malta (11.1%) and Denmark (9.3%). Among the 9 EU countries, that saw a decline in the share of visitors, Lithuania recorded the biggest decrease (-12.9%), followed by Romania (-6.7%) and Luxembourg (-3.8%).
This information comes from monthly data on tourist accommodation published by Eurostat today. This article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article.
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