In 2014, the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments in the EU is expected to have reached a new peak of around 2.7 billion nights, up by 1.7% compared with 2013. France and Spain are top EU tourism destinations in terms of tourism nights.
Following the decline observed in 2009 with the beginning of the financial crisis, there has been a steady increase in the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments in the EU over the last five years.
France had 403 million nights and, despite a 1.2 percent decline comparing to 2013, has been a leading tourism EU Member State. Following are Spain, with 401 million nights (3.1 percent increase), Italy with 370 million nights and Germany with 366million.
The number of nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments in 2014 grew in the majority of Member States for which data are available, with the largest increases being observed in Latvia (+11.1%), Belgium (+7.2%), Portugal (+7.1%) and Greece (+6.9%).
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