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Nights booked via online platforms up 16.2% in Q2 2024

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During the second quarter of 2024, guests spent 208.8 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the EU, booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor. This corresponds to an increase of 16.2% compared with the same period in 2023.

In April 2024, 53.5 million nights were spent in accommodation booked via online platforms, showing a slight decline of 1.8% compared with April 2023. However, May registered an increase with 73.0 million nights booked via platforms (+31.7% compared with May 2023) as well as June, with 82.3 million (+17.8% compared with June 2023). 

Monthly guest nights in the EU, Q2 2023 and Q2 2024, nights spent in short stay accommodation booked via online platforms. Chart. See link to full dataset below.

Source dataset: tour_ce_omr

Malta leads with a 45.8% increase in June 

All EU countries recorded an increase in the number of nights booked through online platforms in June 2024. The largest increases were recorded in Malta (+45.8% compared to June 2023), Lithuania (+28.1%) and Sweden (+27.4%).

In contrast, modest increases were recorded in Belgium (+2.6%), the Netherlands (+3.3%) and Slovenia (+6.0%).

Guest nights booked via online platforms, June 2024 compared with June 2023, % change in nights spent in short stay accommodation. Chart. See link to full dataset below.

Source dataset: tour_ce_omr

This information comes from monthly data on short-stay accommodation offered via online platforms for the second quarter of 2024 at the national level, published by Eurostat today. In addition, regional data for the first quarter of 2024 are also being released. These data are collected from four private collaborative economy platforms as part of an agreement with the European Commission reached in March 2020. 

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This news item presents several highlights from the more detailed Statistics Explained article. For a more in-depth analysis, please also refer to our annual Statistics Explained article.

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Methodological note

When comparing 2023 and 2024 data it is important to note that Easter Sunday 2023 was on April 9 (Q2), while Easter Sunday 2024 was on March 31 (Q1).

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