Statistics on the occupancy of collective tourist accommodation refer to the number of arrivals (at accommodation establishments) and the number of nights spent by residents and non-residents, separated into establishment type or region; annual and monthly statistical series are available.
Nearly 7 out of 10 from these 301 million nights spent in Spain were concentrated in three regions: Across the EU, the top four most popular destinations for non-residents were Spain, Italy (217 million nights), France (141 million nights) and Greece (103 million nights), which together accounted for more than half (57.2 %) of the total nights spent by non-residents in the EU-27. Having analysed the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation by degree of urbanisation and for coastal areas, the remainder of this chapter focuses on the more traditional territorial typology, namely, regional statistics based on NUTS.. The country is divided into regions, which, in turn, are composed of several departments. Paris / Ile de France. The total surface of continental France amounts to 550.000 km². Tourism, in a statistical context, refers to the activity of visitors taking a trip to a destination outside their usual environment, for less than a year. When taking into account a country’s size in terms of its population, Luxembourg was the EU Member State whose residents spent the most nights abroad per inhabitant (an average of 31.3 nights in 2018), followed by Sweden (17.2 nights) and Cyprus (16.5 nights).
The Trading Economics Application Programming Interface (API) provides direct access to our data. Infrastructure created for tourism purposes contributes to local development, while jobs that are created or maintained can help counteract industrial or rural decline. Discover all statistics and data on Travel and tourism in France now on statista.com! France tourism statistics for 2015 was 66,441,000,000.00 , a 1.43% decline from … Tourism in France directly contributed 79.8 billion euros to gross domestic product, 30% of which comes from international visitors and 70% from domestic tourism spending. The weekly 6-night cruises commence on Saturday afternoon and end on Friday morning. Most tourists arriving to France in 2014 came from the following countries or territories:In 2014, tourists from the following countries spent the most nights in France:It has some of the world's largest and renowned museums, including the According to the Côte d'Azur Economic Development Agency, it benefits from 300 days of sunshine per year, 115 kilometres (71 mi) of coastline and beaches, 18 golf courses and 3,000 restaurants.More than 20 skiing resorts make it a popular destination among Europeans in the winter. Tourist Arrivals in France averaged 81350.79 Thousand from 2003 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 89300 Thousand in 2018 and a record low of 75000 Thousand in 2003. The data are also analysed by the socio-demographic characteristics of the tourist: The number of nights spent (by residents and non-residents) can be put into perspective by making a comparison with the size of each country in population terms, providing an indicator of It is estimated that 64.1 % of the EU-27’s population aged 15 or over took part in tourism for personal purposes in 2018, in other words they made at least one tourist trip for personal purposes during the year.
In most EU Member States, the former are collected via surveys filled in by accommodation establishments, while the latter are mainly collected via traveller surveys at border crossings or through household surveys. Data from a range of other official sources may be used to study tourism. Barges By Region. However, less than one out of five trips taken by residents of Romania (6 %), Spain (11 %), Portugal (12 %), Greece (13 %) and Bulgaria (18 %) were abroad. The economic importance of international tourism can be measured by looking at the ratio of international travel receipts relative to GDP; these data are from balance of payments statistics and include business travel, as well as travel for pleasure.