Dimitrakopoulou, Chryssanthi

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   Stat ist ics in focus Industry, trade and services Population and social conditions  Author: Chryssanthi DIMITRAKOPOULOU  17/2012   Summer season tourism trends in 2011 35 million more nights spent in EU hotels in summer season 2011 compared with 2010  In the 2011 summer season1, tourism recorded positive growth rates in most of the EU and EFTA countries, compared with the same period in 2010.  This trend is confirmed both by the number of nights spent in hotels and similar establishments, and by the net occupancy rates of bed-places in these establishments. Comparing the monthly figures for the 2011 summer season with the previous year, nearly 35 million more nights (+4.8%) were spent in hotels and similar establishments in the European Union.  The highest increases were observed in Bulgaria (+21.1%), Romania (+17.5%) and Lithuania (+16.8%), while Malta and Italy reported a decline (-1.9% and -1.2% respectively). 71.0% of the nights in hotels and similar establishments in the EU-27 were spent in five countries: Spain (18.8%), Italy (17.8%), Germany (13.1%), France (11.4%) and the United Kingdom (9.7%). The most popular destinations for non-residents (tourists travelling outside their country of residence) were Spain, Italy and Greece, together accounting for more than half of all nights spent by non-residents in the EU-27. Figure 1: Percentage change in number of nights spent in hotels and similar establishments, non-residents and residents, June-September 2011 compared with the same period in 2010. -5%0%5%10%15%20%25%BG RO LT EE LV DK ES PT EL PL CZ SI BE SK DE EU27 CY UK AT FR FI NL SE HU IT MT HR LI NO CH (1) Note: EU-27 estimate made for the purpose of this publication, not including IE and LU. Source: Eurostat (online data code: tour_occ_nim)  ⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯⎯  1 Summer season comprises June to September  2 17/2012 — Statistics in focus    Noticeable rise of 8.3% in non-residents nights in the EU while residents nights increased by 1.8% In the European Union, the number of nights spent by non-residents in hotels and similar establishments strongly increased by 8.3% in summer 2011 compared with the same period of 2010. This tendency was observed in all Member States, except for Malta (-1.4%) and Sweden  (-1.3%). In Malta and Cyprus, the share of non-residents was more than 90%, (96.9% and 91.2% respectively), while it was particularly low in Romania (14.7%). In terms of nights spent by residents (tourists travelling inside their country of residence) in hotels and similar establishments, domestic tourism increased during the 2011 summer season in the European Union (+1.8%). This was also true   in most Member States, with the exception of Malta (-15.1%), Cyprus (-14.6%), Greece (-9.3%), Italy (-4.8%), Hungary (-2.8%) and Slovenia (-1.3%).  Table 1: Nights spent in hotels and similar establishments, non-residents and residents, June-September 2011 compared with the same period in 2010. Non-residents ResidentsNon-residents ResidentsNon-residents ResidentsEU-27(1) 757 134 367 750 389 384 48.6 722 256 339 619 382 637 47.0 4.8 8.3 1.8BE 6 995 4 361 2 634 62.3 6 583 4 110 2 473 62.4 6.3 6.1 6.5BG 12 989 10 256 2 734 79.0 10 724 8 427 2 296 78.6 21.1 21.7 19.1CZ 11 579 7 395 4 183 63.9 10 877 6 783 4 094 62.4 6.5 9.0 2.2DK 5 428 2 730 2 698 50.3 4 973 2 493 2 480 50.1 9.2 9.5 8.8DE 99 133 21 143 77 990 21.3 94 410 20 389 74 021 21.6 5.0 3.7 5.4EE 2 029 1 610 419 79.3 1 772 1 389 384 78.4 14.5 15.9 9.4IE : : : : : : : : : :EL 49 539 41 085 8 454 82.9 45 807 36 486 9 321 79.7 8.1 12.6 -9.3ES 142 424 89 445 52 979 62.8 131 094 78 212 52 882 59.7 8.6 14.4 0.2FR 86 428 32 112 54 316 37.2 83 396 31 176 52 220 37.4 3.6 3.0 4.0IT 135 040 58 206 76 835 43.1 136 644 55 923 80 721 40.9 -1.2 4.1 -4.8CY 7 925 7 226 700 91.2 7 575 6 756 819 89.2 4.6 7.0 -14.6LV 1 306 994 312 76.1 1 174 883 291 75.2 11.2 12.6 7.1LT 1 288 878 410 68.2 1 103 754 349 68.4 16.8 16.5 17.5LU : : : : 483 453 30 93.8 : : :HU 7 170 3 837 3 333 53.5 7 126 3 697 3 429 51.9 0.6 3.8 -2.8MT 3 525 3 414 111 96.9 3 594 3 463 130 96.4 -1.9 -1.4 -15.1NL 13 643 6 735 6 908 49.4 13 364 6 460 6 904 48.3 2.1 4.3 0.1AT 32 762 23 226 9 536 70.9 31 578 22 201 9 378 70.3 3.7 4.6 1.7PL 12 052 3 778 8 274 31.3 11 176 3 584 7 592 32.1 7.8 5.4 9.0PT 19 583 12 701 6 883 64.9 18 029 11 297 6 732 62.7 8.6 12.4 2.2RO 8 962 1 321 7 641 14.7 7 628 1 176 6 451 15.4 17.5 12.3 18.4SI 2 781 1 952 829 70.2 2 615 1 775 839 67.9 6.3 9.9 -1.3SK 2 909 1 410 1 499 48.5 2 743 1 299 1 444 47.3 6.0 8.6 3.7FI 6 580 1 885 4 695 28.6 6 364 1 730 4 635 27.2 3.4 9.0 1.3SE 11 942 3 250 8 692 27.2 11 857 3 294 8 563 27.8 0.7 -1.3 1.5UK 73 122 26 802 46 320 36.7 70 052 25 863 44 189 36.9 4.4 3.6 4.8IS : : : : 1 220 1 036 184 84.9 : : :LI 45 43 3 93.9 43 41 1 96.5 6.1 3.3 84.0NO 8 515 2 795 5 720 32.8 8 263 2 709 5 554 32.8 3.1 3.2 3.0CH 14 630 8 319 6 311 56.9 15 082 8 769 6 313 58.1 -3.0 -5.1 0.0ME 2 414 2 229 185 92.3 : : : : : : :HR 14 993 13 838 1 155 92.3 14 071 12 953 1 118 92.1 6.6 6.8 3.3MK : : : : 326 216 110 66.3 : : :Non-residents as % of TotalTotal('000)June - September 2011 June - September 2010 2011/2010 change(in %)TotalNon-residents as % of Totalof which:Totalof which: of which:: (1)  EU-27 estimate made for the purpose of this publication, not including IE and LU.  Source: Eurostat (online data code: tour_occ_nim)    Statistics in focus —17/2012 3   Net occupancy rate of bed places in EU-27 reached 60% in August 2011 Compared with the same months of the previous year, net occupancy rates of bed places in the European Union increased by 2.5 percentage points during the 2011 summer season.  These rates ranged from 28.4% in Romania (June) to 91.7% in Cyprus (August). In most of the countries August was the month with the highest occupancy rates.  With 91.7%, 83.4% and 79.1%, respectively, Cyprus, Malta and Greece were the countries with the highest net occupancy rates during their peak summer month. Table 2: Net occupancy rates of bed places in hotels and similar establishments. Jun Jul Aug Sep Entire season Jun Jul Aug SepEntire season Jun Jul Aug SepEntire seasonEU-27(1) 49.4 57.3 60.0 51.5 54.7 46.3 54.8 58.3 48.6 52.2 3.0 2.5 1.8 2.9 2.5BE 43.8 45.5 46.1 43.1 44.6 38.6 43.7 46.0 42.2 42.7 5.2 1.8 0.1 0.9 2.0BG(2) 29.0 53.9 53.9 53.9 45.7 23.6 43.5 43.5 43.5 37.2 5.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 8.5CZ 40.7 44.8 48.2 40.8 43.7 36.7 42.2 45.2 40.3 41.2 4.0 2.6 3.0 0.5 2.5DK 48.0 63.0 54.0 44.0 52.3 46.0 61.0 54.0 42.0 50.9 2.0 2.0 0.0 2.0 1.5DE 44.6 46.4 47.2 47.9 46.5 41.9 44.6 46.2 47.1 45.0 2.7 1.8 1.0 0.8 1.6EE 52.0 70.0 59.0 43.0 56.3 45.0 62.0 53.0 38.0 49.8 7.0 8.0 6.0 5.0 6.5IE 51.0 58.0 60.0 51.0 55.0 50.0 57.0 62.0 52.0 55.3 1.0 1.0 -2.0 -1.0 -0.3EL 66.2 74.9 79.1 66.6 72.1 54.3 68.2 73.8 58.6 64.1 11.9 6.7 5.3 8.0 8.0ES 58.9 67.3 72.3 61.7 65.3 54.8 60.1 66.9 53.7 59.1 4.1 7.2 5.4 8.0 6.1FR 56.9 61.1 62.9 54.5 58.9 53.5 59.0 61.8 53.4 57.0 3.4 2.1 1.1 1.1 1.9IT 42.2 57.9 62.7 46.0 52.6 42.7 57.8 63.0 43.5 52.1 -0.5 0.1 -0.3 2.5 0.5CY 73.3 83.2 91.7 77.8 81.6 68.8 78.2 88.9 74.8 77.8 4.5 5.0 2.8 3.0 3.8LV 35.1 46.8 43.8 30.2 39.1 33.9 46.0 45.7 33.8 40.1 1.2 0.8 -1.9 -3.6 -1.0LT 41.3 47.5 48.9 37.5 43.9 35.1 41.0 41.9 32.4 37.7 6.2 6.5 7.0 5.1 6.2LU : : : : : 29.4 24.1 27.3 23.4 26.0 : : : :HU 33.2 40.7 42.8 43.7 40.0 42.7 41.4 46.1 35.3 41.5 -9.5 -0.7 -3.3 8.4 -1.4MT 69.4 81.0 83.4 71.6 76.5 67.6 82.6 85.6 71.1 77.0 1.8 -1.6 -2.2 0.5 -0.5NL 52.0 53.9 55.0 50.4 52.9 48.2 52.7 57.5 50.1 52.2 3.8 1.2 -2.5 0.3 0.7AT : : : : : 37.4 51.5 58.7 42.2 47.7 : : : :PL 38.6 39.5 41.3 39.1 39.6 36.6 38.9 40.2 38.1 38.5 2.0 0.6 1.1 1.0 1.2PT 48.0 56.0 69.8 53.1 56.8 42.9 53.0 64.7 50.6 53.0 5.1 3.0 5.1 2.5 3.8RO 28.4 32.0 40.7 29.5 32.9 29.6 29.6 35.7 29.5 31.2 -1.2 2.4 5.0 0.0 1.7SI 47.2 56.7 64.3 47.8 54.1 43.4 55.0 62.4 45.0 51.6 3.8 1.7 1.9 2.8 2.5SK 29.9 34.8 37.4 30.7 33.3 28.1 32.8 35.1 28.8 31.3 1.8 2.0 2.3 1.9 2.0FI 41.8 55.0 45.7 39.1 45.6 40.3 55.2 44.0 38.4 44.7 1.5 -0.2 1.7 0.7 1.0SE 41.8 59.6 47.7 39.8 47.3 38.5 59.6 48.2 38.3 46.2 3.3 0.0 -0.5 1.5 1.1UK 59.0 59.0 59.0 55.0 58.0 53.0 59.0 59.0 55.0 56.7 6.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3IS : : : : : 46.2 64.8 58.7 33.7 52.2 : : : :LI 34.2 30.8 33.7 27.5 31.6 24.6 30.1 38.2 31.1 31.2 9.6 0.7 -4.5 -3.6 0.4NO 42.7 51.1 45.5 35.6 43.9 43.1 50.2 44.9 35.9 43.7 -0.4 0.9 0.6 -0.3 0.2CH 46.0 52.0 48.2 44.0 47.6 45.0 54.1 51.7 45.8 49.3 1.0 -2.1 -3.5 -1.8 -1.7ME 46.2 87.3 84.0 47.5 66.0 : : : 50.5 : : : : -3.0HR 67.3 90.8 96.9 66.3 80.7 60.8 89.5 94.5 63.4 77.5 6.5 1.3 2.4 2.9 3.2%Summer season 2011 Summer season 2010 Change in percentage points:::: (1) EU-27: Figures estimated for the purpose of this publication, calculated using estimated average monthly capacities for each Member State; not including IE, LU and AT (due to incomplete data). (2)  BG: Figures based on quarterly data Source: Eurostat (online data code: tour_occ_ubnet)   Figure 2: Net occupancy rates of bed places in hotels and similar establishments in the peak month, summer season 2011  0102030405060708090100CY MT EL ES EE PT SI DK FR IT EU27 IE SE UK FI NL LT CZ DE LV BE HU PL RO SK HR ME CH NO LIJulyAugustSeptember Note:  BG, LU, AT and IS: Information on peak month not available Source: Eurostat (online data code : tour_occ_ubnet) Methodology  CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS Net occupancy rate The net occupancy rate of bed places in one month is obtained by dividing total overnight stays by the product of the bed places on offer and the number of days when the bed places are actually available for use (net of seasonal closures and other temporary closures for decoration, by police order, etc.) for the same group of establishments, multiplying the quotient by 100 to express the result as a percentage. Hotels and similar establishments Hotels, apartment hotels, motels, roadside inns, beach hotels and other similar establishments which provide hotel services including more than bed-making and cleaning of the room and sanitary facilities. Similar establishments are other similar types of accommodation which is let per room and has a limited number of hotel-type services, including bed-making and cleaning of rooms and sanitary facilities, on a daily basis. Country codes EU-27: European Union BG: Bulgaria BE: Belgium CZ: Czech Republic DK: Denmark DE: Germany EE: Estonia IE: Ireland EL: Greece ES: Spain FR: France IT: Italy  CY: Cyprus LV: Latvia LT: Lithuania LU: Luxembourg HU: Hungary MT: Malta NL: Netherlands AT: Austria PL: Poland PT: Portugal RO: Romania SI: Slovenia SK: Slovakia FI: Finland SE: Sweden UK: United Kingdom IS: Iceland LI: Liechtenstein NO: Norway  CH: Switzerland ME: Montenegro HR: Croatia MK: FYR of Macedonia Symbols ":"   data unavailable or unreliable  Further information   Eurostat Website: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat Data on Tourism statistics: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/tourism/data/database Further information about Tourism statistics: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/tourism/introduction  Journalists can contact the media support service: Bech Building, Office A4/125, L-2920 Luxembourg Tel.: (352) 4301 33408  Fax: (352) 4301 35349 E-mail: eurostat-mediasupport@ec.europa.eu European Statistical Data Support: With the members of the ‘European statistical system’, Eurostat has set up a network of support centres in nearly every Member State and in some EFTA countries. Their role is to provide help and guidance to Internet users of European statistics. Contact details for this support network can be found on the Eurostat website at: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/. All Eurostat publications can be ordered via the ‘EU Bookshop’: http://bookshop.europa.eu/.   Manuscript completed on: 20.03.2012 Data extracted on: 27.02.2012 ISSN 1977-0316 Catalogue number: KS-SF-12-017-EN-C © European Union, 2012  

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