Dimitrakopoulou, Chryssanthi

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   Stat ist ics in Focus Industry, trade and services Population and social conditions  Author: Chryssanthi DIMITRAKOPOULOU  19/2011   Summer season tourism trends in 2010  In the 2010 summer season, tourism recorded positive growth rates in most of the EU and EFTA countries, compared with the same period in 2009.  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 2010 summer season with the previous year, 21 million more nights (+3.0%) were spent in hotels and similar establishments in the European Union.  The highest increases were observed in Latvia (+17.6%), Estonia (+14.9%) and Lithuania (+14.7%), while Romania, the United Kingdom and Greece reported a decline (-11.9%, -5.5% and -1.6% respectively). 70% of the nights in hotels and similar establishments in the EU-27 were spent in five countries: Italy (18.3%), Spain (18.1%), Germany (12.9%), France (11.4%) and the United Kingdom (9.6%). The most popular destinations for foreign tourists were Spain, Italy and Greece, together accounting for nearly 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 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. -15%-10%-5%0%5%10%15%20%ROLIUKELSIITCHATEU-27FRHUCYCZPTFIHRNOSEDEESSKBENLBGPLDKMTLTEELV (1) 2010 data not available for IE and LU. 2009 data have been used instead to estimate EU-27 aggregate for 2010. Source: Eurostat (online data code: tour_occ_nim)   2 19/2011 — Statistics in Focus    Nights spent by residents and non-residents In all Member States, except the United Kingdom, the number of nights spent by non-residents (foreign visitors) increased in 2010.   In Malta and Cyprus, the share of non-residents was more than 80%, (96.4% and 89.7% respectively), while it was particularly low in Romania (15.4%). In terms of nights spent by residents (people travelling inside their own country) in hotels and similar establishments, domestic tourism increased during the 2010 summer season in most Member States, with the exception of Romania (-14.8%), Greece (-12.3%), Cyprus (-10.7%), the United Kingdom (-8.1%), Slovenia (-6.7%), Malta (-6.2%) and Italy (-2.9%).  Table 1: Nights spent in hotels and similar establishments, non-residents and residents, June-September 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. Non-residents ResidentsNon-residents ResidentsNon-residents ResidentsEU-27(1) 708 750 325 581 383 169 45.9% 730 045 346 547 383 498 47.5% 3.0% 6.4% 0.1%BE 6 054 3 822 2 232 63.1% 6 570 4 106 2 463 62.5% 8.5% 7.5% 10.3%BG 9 641 7 458 2 183 77.4% 10 724 8 427 2 296 78.6% 11.2% 13.0% 5.2%CZ 10 419 6 368 4 050 61.1% 10 879 6 781 4 098 62.3% 4.4% 6.5% 1.2%DK 4 426 2 124 2 302 48.0% 4 973 2 493 2 480 50.1% 12.4% 17.4% 7.7%DE 88 477 17 685 70 793 20.0% 94 410 20 389 74 021 21.6% 6.7% 15.3% 4.6%EE 1 541 1 187 354 77.0% 1 770 1 388 382 78.4% 14.9% 16.9% 8.1%IE(2) 10 989 7 373 3 616 67.1% : : : : : : :EL 44 673 34 453 10 220 77.1% 43 967 35 003 8 964 79.6% -1.6% 1.6% -12.3%ES 122 747 71 038 51 709 57.9% 131 843 78 961 52 882 59.9% 7.4% 11.2% 2.3%FR 80 890 29 945 50 945 37.0% 83 396 31 176 52 220 37.4% 3.1% 4.1% 2.5%IT 133 558 53 006 80 551 39.7% 133 852 55 641 78 211 41.6% 0.2% 5.0% -2.9%CY 7 123 6 270 853 88.0% 7 367 6 606 762 89.7% 3.4% 5.4% -10.7%LV 999 762 237 76.3% 1 174 883 291 75.2% 17.6% 15.9% 23.0%LT 963 665 298 69.1% 1 104 755 350 68.3% 14.7% 13.5% 17.4%LU 483 457 27 94.5% : : : : : : :HU 6 900 3 515 3 385 50.9% 7 126 3 697 3 429 51.9% 3.3% 5.2% 1.3%MT 3 181 3 042 139 95.6% 3 594 3 463 131 96.4% 13.0% 13.8% -6.2%NL 12 337 5 707 6 630 46.3% 13 616 6 569 7 046 48.2% 10.4% 15.1% 6.3%AT 30 739 21 729 9 010 70.7% 31 578 22 201 9 378 70.3% 2.7% 2.2% 4.1%PL 10 039 3 335 6 704 33.2% 11 176 3 584 7 592 32.1% 11.3% 7.5% 13.2%PT 17 378 10 888 6 490 62.7% 18 168 11 436 6 732 62.9% 4.5% 5.0% 3.7%RO 8 658 1 085 7 573 12.5% 7 628 1 176 6 451 15.4% -11.9% 8.4% -14.8%SI 2 614 1 715 899 65.6% 2 615 1 775 839 67.9% 0.0% 3.5% -6.7%SK 2 550 1 209 1 341 47.4% 2 743 1 299 1 444 47.3% 7.6% 7.4% 7.7%FI 6 086 1 651 4 435 27.1% 6 365 1 730 4 635 27.2% 4.6% 4.8% 4.5%SE 11 171 3 054 8 117 27.3% 11 883 3 313 8 570 27.9% 6.4% 8.5% 5.6%UK 74 113 26 038 48 075 35.1% 70 052 25 863 44 189 36.9% -5.5% -0.7% -8.1%IS 1 180 1 000 180 84.7% : : : : : : :LI 46 44 2 96.3% 43 41 1 96.5% -7.4% -7.2% -13.1%NO 7 821 2 453 5 368 31.4% 8 263 2 709 5 554 32.8% 5.7% 10.4% 3.5%CH 14 677 8 450 6 227 57.6% 15 069 8 764 6 305 58.2% 2.7% 3.7% 1.3%HR 13 336 12 166 1 170 91.2% 14 071 12 953 1 118 92.1% 5.5% 6.5% -4.5%MK 341 220 121 64.4% : : : : : : :Non-residents as % of TotalTotal('000) of which:June - September 2009 June - September 2010 2010/2009 change(in %)TotalNon-residents as % of Totalof which:Totalof which: (1) EU-27: 2010 IE and LU data not available. 2009 data have been used instead to estimate EU-27 aggregate for 2010.  (2) IE: Data come from the demand side survey and might therefore not be comparable. Source: Eurostat (online data code: tour_occ_nim)    Statistics in Focus — 19/2011 3   Net occupancy rates of bed places Compared with the same months of the previous year, net occupancy rates of bed places in the European Union increased by 1.4% during the 2010 summer season.  These rates ranged from 28.1% in Slovakia (June) to 85.7% in Malta (August). In most of the countries August was the month with the highest occupancy rates.  With 94.5%, 85.7% and 83.9% respectively, Croatia, Malta and Cyprus 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) 45.1 53.4 57.6 47.4 51.1 46.6 55.1 58.5 48.9 52.5 1.5 1.7 0.9 1.4 1.4BE 35.8 41.1 44.1 39.5 40.2 38.8 43.5 46.0 41.9 42.6 2.9 2.3 1.8 2.3 2.3BG(2) 23.4 39.7 39.7 39.7 34.6 23.6 43.5 43.5 43.5 37.2 0.2 3.8 3.8 3.8 2.6CZ 34.2 39.7 43.3 36.3 38.5 36.7 42.4 45.7 40.7 41.5 2.5 2.7 2.4 4.4 3.0DK 45.0 58.0 51.0 42.0 49.1 46.0 61.0 54.0 42.0 50.9 1.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 1.8DE 39.4 42.9 44.3 44.6 42.8 41.9 44.6 46.2 47.1 45.0 2.5 1.7 1.9 2.5 2.1EE 40.0 56.0 46.0 31.0 43.4 45.0 62.0 53.0 38.0 49.8 5.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 6.4IE 47.0 55.0 61.0 45.0 51.9 : : : : : : : : : :EL 58.3 69.5 75.0 61.2 66.4 56.9 71.3 76.8 63.3 67.5 -1.4 1.8 1.8 2.1 1.1ES 53.1 61.7 67.6 55.5 59.7 54.8 60.1 66.9 53.7 59.1 1.7 -1.6 -0.7 -1.8 -0.5FR 50.3 56.9 61.4 51.4 55.1 53.5 59.0 61.8 53.4 57.0 3.2 2.1 0.4 2.0 1.9IT 43.6 55.7 63.6 43.6 52.0 43.5 59.0 64.0 44.1 53.1 -0.1 3.3 0.4 0.5 1.1CY 65.5 74.7 82.1 69.4 73.0 65.4 74.1 83.9 69.8 73.4 -0.1 -0.6 1.8 0.4 0.3LV 26.2 36.2 34.3 26.4 30.8 33.9 46.0 45.7 33.8 40.1 7.7 9.8 11.4 7.4 9.3LT 34.0 37.2 37.8 28.0 34.3 35.3 40.9 41.8 32.4 37.7 1.3 3.7 4.0 4.4 3.4LU 26.7 29.6 28.7 27.4 28.1 : : : : : : : : : :HU 30.9 39.7 43.9 32.0 36.9 42.7 41.4 46.1 35.3 41.5 11.8 1.7 2.2 3.3 4.6MT 57.9 72.6 77.9 64.4 68.4 67.9 83.1 85.7 71.2 77.2 10.0 10.5 7.8 6.8 8.8NL 46.3 51.5 54.3 47.1 49.8 49.4 54.1 58.6 50.7 53.2 3.1 2.6 4.3 3.6 3.4AT 37.2 49.7 57.3 41.1 46.5 31.4 : : : : -5.8 : : : :PL 36.8 38.6 40.4 37.5 38.4 36.6 38.9 40.2 38.1 38.5 -0.2 0.3 -0.2 0.6 0.1PT 44.3 49.5 62.6 48.2 51.3 42.9 53.0 64.7 50.6 53.0 -1.4 3.5 2.1 2.4 1.8RO 31.6 38.9 43.4 31.4 36.7 29.6 29.6 35.7 29.5 31.2 -2.0 -9.3 -7.7 -1.9 -5.5SI 44.5 54.6 61.3 44.7 51.4 43.4 55.0 62.4 45.0 51.6 -1.1 0.4 1.1 0.3 0.2SK 27.5 30.7 33.2 28.0 29.9 28.1 32.8 35.1 28.8 31.3 0.6 2.1 1.9 0.8 1.3FI 41.4 51.0 41.5 36.2 42.7 40.3 55.2 44.0 38.4 44.7 -1.1 4.2 2.5 2.2 2.0SE 38.7 58.1 43.9 35.3 44.0 38.5 59.5 48.1 38.3 46.2 -0.2 1.4 4.2 3.0 2.1UK 49.0 55.0 58.0 51.0 53.4 53.0 59.0 59.0 55.0 56.7 4.0 4.0 1.0 4.0 3.3IS 49.0 70.3 67.0 37.6 57.3 : : : : : : : : : :LI 28.0 31.2 36.8 30.4 31.6 24.6 30.1 38.2 31.1 31.2 -3.4 -1.1 1.4 0.7 -0.4NO 41.7 51.1 43.3 35.1 42.9 43.1 50.2 44.9 35.9 43.7 1.4 -0.9 1.6 0.8 0.7CH 42.7 52.2 52.9 45.8 48.6 45.0 54.1 51.7 45.8 49.3 2.3 1.9 -1.2 0.0 0.7HR 62.7 82.3 90.4 60.9 74.5 60.8 89.5 94.5 63.4 77.5 -1.9 7.2 4.1 2.5 3.0%Summer season 2009 Summer season 2010 Change in percentage points  (1)  EU-27: estimated figures, 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 2010. 020406080100HR MT CY EL ES PT IT SI EE FR DK SE UK NL FI CH NO DE HU LV BE CZ LT PL LI RO SKJulyAugustSeptember Note:  BG, IE, 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 HR: Croatia MK: The former Yugoslav Republic 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. 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Statistics in focus. Industry, trade and services. Population and social conditions. Summer season tourism trends in 2010.  2011.19

  
 Stat ist ics in Focus Industry, trade and services 
Population and social conditions 
 
Author: Chryssanthi DIMITRAKOPOULOU 
 19/2011 
 
 
Summer season tourism trends in 2010 
 
In the 2010 summer season, tourism recorded 
positive growth rates in most of the EU and 
EFTA countries, compared with the same 
period in 2009.  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 2010 
summer season with the previous year, 
21 million more nights (+3.0%) were spent in 
hotels and similar establishments in the 
European Union.  The highest increases were 
observed in Latvia (+17.6%), Estonia (+14.9%) 
and Lithuania (+14.7%), while Romania, the 
United Kingdom and Greece reported a decline 
(-11.9%, -5.5% and -1.6% respectively). 
70% of the nights in hotels and similar 
establishments in the EU-27 were spent in 
five countries: Italy (18.3%), Spain (18.1%), 
Germany (12.9%), France (11.4%) and the 
United Kingdom (9.6%). 
The most popular destinations for foreign 
tourists were Spain, Italy and Greece, together 
accounting for nearly 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 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. 
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(1) 2010 data not available for IE and LU. 2009 data have been used instead to estimate EU-27 aggregate for 2010. 
Source: Eurostat (online data code: tour_occ_nim) 
 
 2 19/2011 — Statistics in Focus   
 
Nights spent by residents and non-residents 
In all Member States, except the United 
Kingdom, the number of nights spent by 
non-residents (foreign visitors) increased in 
2010.   
In Malta and Cyprus, the share of non-residents 
was more than 80%, (96.4% and 89.7% 
respectively), while it was particularly low in 
Romania (15.4%). 
In terms of nights spent by residents (people 
travelling inside their own country) in hotels and 
similar establishments, domestic tourism 
increased during the 2010 summer season in 
most Member States, with the exception of 
Romania (-14.8%), Greece (-12.3%), Cyprus 
(-10.7%), the United Kingdom (-8.1%), Slovenia 
(-6.7%), Malta (-6.2%) and Italy (-2.9%).  
Table 1: Nights spent in hotels and similar establishments, non-residents and residents, 
June-September 2010 compared with the same period in 2009. 
Non-
residents Residents
Non-
residents Residents
Non-
residents Residents
EU-27(1) 708 750 325 581 383 169 45.9% 730 045 346 547 383 498 47.5% 3.0% 6.4% 0.1%
BE 6 054 3 822 2 232 63.1% 6 570 4 106 2 463 62.5% 8.5% 7.5% 10.3%
BG 9 641 7 458 2 183 77.4% 10 724 8 427 2 296 78.6% 11.2% 13.0% 5.2%
CZ 10 419 6 368 4 050 61.1% 10 879 6 781 4 098 62.3% 4.4% 6.5% 1.2%
DK 4 426 2 124 2 302 48.0% 4 973 2 493 2 480 50.1% 12.4% 17.4% 7.7%
DE 88 477 17 685 70 793 20.0% 94 410 20 389 74 021 21.6% 6.7% 15.3% 4.6%
EE 1 541 1 187 354 77.0% 1 770 1 388 382 78.4% 14.9% 16.9% 8.1%
IE(2) 10 989 7 373 3 616 67.1% : : : : : : :
EL 44 673 34 453 10 220 77.1% 43 967 35 003 8 964 79.6% -1.6% 1.6% -12.3%
ES 122 747 71 038 51 709 57.9% 131 843 78 961 52 882 59.9% 7.4% 11.2% 2.3%
FR 80 890 29 945 50 945 37.0% 83 396 31 176 52 220 37.4% 3.1% 4.1% 2.5%
IT 133 558 53 006 80 551 39.7% 133 852 55 641 78 211 41.6% 0.2% 5.0% -2.9%
CY 7 123 6 270 853 88.0% 7 367 6 606 762 89.7% 3.4% 5.4% -10.7%
LV 999 762 237 76.3% 1 174 883 291 75.2% 17.6% 15.9% 23.0%
LT 963 665 298 69.1% 1 104 755 350 68.3% 14.7% 13.5% 17.4%
LU 483 457 27 94.5% : : : : : : :
HU 6 900 3 515 3 385 50.9% 7 126 3 697 3 429 51.9% 3.3% 5.2% 1.3%
MT 3 181 3 042 139 95.6% 3 594 3 463 131 96.4% 13.0% 13.8% -6.2%
NL 12 337 5 707 6 630 46.3% 13 616 6 569 7 046 48.2% 10.4% 15.1% 6.3%
AT 30 739 21 729 9 010 70.7% 31 578 22 201 9 378 70.3% 2.7% 2.2% 4.1%
PL 10 039 3 335 6 704 33.2% 11 176 3 584 7 592 32.1% 11.3% 7.5% 13.2%
PT 17 378 10 888 6 490 62.7% 18 168 11 436 6 732 62.9% 4.5% 5.0% 3.7%
RO 8 658 1 085 7 573 12.5% 7 628 1 176 6 451 15.4% -11.9% 8.4% -14.8%
SI 2 614 1 715 899 65.6% 2 615 1 775 839 67.9% 0.0% 3.5% -6.7%
SK 2 550 1 209 1 341 47.4% 2 743 1 299 1 444 47.3% 7.6% 7.4% 7.7%
FI 6 086 1 651 4 435 27.1% 6 365 1 730 4 635 27.2% 4.6% 4.8% 4.5%
SE 11 171 3 054 8 117 27.3% 11 883 3 313 8 570 27.9% 6.4% 8.5% 5.6%
UK 74 113 26 038 48 075 35.1% 70 052 25 863 44 189 36.9% -5.5% -0.7% -8.1%
IS 1 180 1 000 180 84.7% : : : : : : :
LI 46 44 2 96.3% 43 41 1 96.5% -7.4% -7.2% -13.1%
NO 7 821 2 453 5 368 31.4% 8 263 2 709 5 554 32.8% 5.7% 10.4% 3.5%
CH 14 677 8 450 6 227 57.6% 15 069 8 764 6 305 58.2% 2.7% 3.7% 1.3%
HR 13 336 12 166 1 170 91.2% 14 071 12 953 1 118 92.1% 5.5% 6.5% -4.5%
MK 341 220 121 64.4% : : : : : : :
Non-
residents as 
% of Total
Total
('000) of which:
June - September 2009 June - September 2010 2010/2009 change(in %)
Total
Non-
residents as 
% of Total
of which:
Total
of which:
 
(1) EU-27: 2010 IE and LU data not available. 2009 data have been used instead to estimate EU-27 aggregate for 2010.  
(2) IE: Data come from the demand side survey and might therefore not be comparable. 
Source: Eurostat (online data code: tour_occ_nim) 
   Statistics in Focus — 19/2011 3 
 
 
Net occupancy rates of bed places 
Compared with the same months of the previous 
year, net occupancy rates of bed places in the 
European Union increased by 1.4% during the 
2010 summer season.  These rates ranged from 
28.1% in Slovakia (June) to 85.7% in Malta 
(August). 
In most of the countries August was the month 
with the highest occupancy rates.  With 94.5%, 
85.7% and 83.9% respectively, Croatia, Malta 
and Cyprus 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 Sep
Entire 
season Jun Jul Aug Sep
Entire 
season
EU-27(1) 45.1 53.4 57.6 47.4 51.1 46.6 55.1 58.5 48.9 52.5 1.5 1.7 0.9 1.4 1.4
BE 35.8 41.1 44.1 39.5 40.2 38.8 43.5 46.0 41.9 42.6 2.9 2.3 1.8 2.3 2.3
BG(2) 23.4 39.7 39.7 39.7 34.6 23.6 43.5 43.5 43.5 37.2 0.2 3.8 3.8 3.8 2.6
CZ 34.2 39.7 43.3 36.3 38.5 36.7 42.4 45.7 40.7 41.5 2.5 2.7 2.4 4.4 3.0
DK 45.0 58.0 51.0 42.0 49.1 46.0 61.0 54.0 42.0 50.9 1.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 1.8
DE 39.4 42.9 44.3 44.6 42.8 41.9 44.6 46.2 47.1 45.0 2.5 1.7 1.9 2.5 2.1
EE 40.0 56.0 46.0 31.0 43.4 45.0 62.0 53.0 38.0 49.8 5.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 6.4
IE 47.0 55.0 61.0 45.0 51.9 : : : : : : : : : :
EL 58.3 69.5 75.0 61.2 66.4 56.9 71.3 76.8 63.3 67.5 -1.4 1.8 1.8 2.1 1.1
ES 53.1 61.7 67.6 55.5 59.7 54.8 60.1 66.9 53.7 59.1 1.7 -1.6 -0.7 -1.8 -0.5
FR 50.3 56.9 61.4 51.4 55.1 53.5 59.0 61.8 53.4 57.0 3.2 2.1 0.4 2.0 1.9
IT 43.6 55.7 63.6 43.6 52.0 43.5 59.0 64.0 44.1 53.1 -0.1 3.3 0.4 0.5 1.1
CY 65.5 74.7 82.1 69.4 73.0 65.4 74.1 83.9 69.8 73.4 -0.1 -0.6 1.8 0.4 0.3
LV 26.2 36.2 34.3 26.4 30.8 33.9 46.0 45.7 33.8 40.1 7.7 9.8 11.4 7.4 9.3
LT 34.0 37.2 37.8 28.0 34.3 35.3 40.9 41.8 32.4 37.7 1.3 3.7 4.0 4.4 3.4
LU 26.7 29.6 28.7 27.4 28.1 : : : : : : : : : :
HU 30.9 39.7 43.9 32.0 36.9 42.7 41.4 46.1 35.3 41.5 11.8 1.7 2.2 3.3 4.6
MT 57.9 72.6 77.9 64.4 68.4 67.9 83.1 85.7 71.2 77.2 10.0 10.5 7.8 6.8 8.8
NL 46.3 51.5 54.3 47.1 49.8 49.4 54.1 58.6 50.7 53.2 3.1 2.6 4.3 3.6 3.4
AT 37.2 49.7 57.3 41.1 46.5 31.4 : : : : -5.8 : : : :
PL 36.8 38.6 40.4 37.5 38.4 36.6 38.9 40.2 38.1 38.5 -0.2 0.3 -0.2 0.6 0.1
PT 44.3 49.5 62.6 48.2 51.3 42.9 53.0 64.7 50.6 53.0 -1.4 3.5 2.1 2.4 1.8
RO 31.6 38.9 43.4 31.4 36.7 29.6 29.6 35.7 29.5 31.2 -2.0 -9.3 -7.7 -1.9 -5.5
SI 44.5 54.6 61.3 44.7 51.4 43.4 55.0 62.4 45.0 51.6 -1.1 0.4 1.1 0.3 0.2
SK 27.5 30.7 33.2 28.0 29.9 28.1 32.8 35.1 28.8 31.3 0.6 2.1 1.9 0.8 1.3
FI 41.4 51.0 41.5 36.2 42.7 40.3 55.2 44.0 38.4 44.7 -1.1 4.2 2.5 2.2 2.0
SE 38.7 58.1 43.9 35.3 44.0 38.5 59.5 48.1 38.3 46.2 -0.2 1.4 4.2 3.0 2.1
UK 49.0 55.0 58.0 51.0 53.4 53.0 59.0 59.0 55.0 56.7 4.0 4.0 1.0 4.0 3.3
IS 49.0 70.3 67.0 37.6 57.3 : : : : : : : : : :
LI 28.0 31.2 36.8 30.4 31.6 24.6 30.1 38.2 31.1 31.2 -3.4 -1.1 1.4 0.7 -0.4
NO 41.7 51.1 43.3 35.1 42.9 43.1 50.2 44.9 35.9 43.7 1.4 -0.9 1.6 0.8 0.7
CH 42.7 52.2 52.9 45.8 48.6 45.0 54.1 51.7 45.8 49.3 2.3 1.9 -1.2 0.0 0.7
HR 62.7 82.3 90.4 60.9 74.5 60.8 89.5 94.5 63.4 77.5 -1.9 7.2 4.1 2.5 3.0
%
Summer season 2009 Summer season 2010 Change in percentage points
 
 (1)  EU-27: estimated figures, 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 2010. 
0
20
40
60
80
100
HR MT CY EL ES PT IT SI EE FR DK SE UK NL FI CH NO DE HU LV BE CZ LT PL LI RO SK
July
August
September
 
Note:  BG, IE, 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 
HR: Croatia 
MK: The former Yugoslav Republic 
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  
 
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Their role is to provide help and guidance to Internet users of European statistics. 
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Manuscript completed on: 11.04.2011 
Data extracted on: 22.02.2011 
ISSN 1977-0316 
Catalogue number: KS-SF-11-019-EN-C 
© European Union, 2011 


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