Summer tourism trends in 2006.
Date: 2013-09-30
Institutions: Eurostat
Subjects: hotel industry, tourism statistics

Eurostat 
DATA 
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(cid:9)(cid:3)(cid:4)(cid:3) (cid:3)

Summer tourism trends in 
2006 

Author: Chryssanthi DIMITRAKOPOULOU 

INDUSTRY, TRADE AND SERVICES 
POPULATION AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS 

8/2007 

The number of nights spent in hotels and similar establishments in EU-27 
increased by 15.7 million or 2.3% during the summer season1 of 2006 
compared with the same period in 2005. 

Figure 1: Percentage change in number of nights spent in hotels and similar establishments, non-residents 
and residents, June-September 2006 compared with the same period in 2005 

EU-27
BE
BG
CZ
DK
DE
EE
IE*
EL
ES
FR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SI
SK
FI
SE
UK
IS
LI
NO

-10%

-5%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

(*) 

IE : Data comes from the demand side survey and might for this reason be not comparable. 

Source: Eurostat, Tourism Statistics. 

1  Summer season comprises June to September of the same year.   

Manuscript completed on: 14.06.2007 
Data extracted on: 08.05.2007 

ISSN 1977-0340 
Catalogue number: KS-QA-07-008-EN-N 

© European Communities, 2007 

 
 
 
 
 
                                                      
 
 
 
The increase of nights spent in hotels and similar establishments in the EU 
was almost exclusively due to non-residents (+15.4 million). 

Table 1: Nights spent in hotels and similar establishments - non-residents and residents, June-September 
2006 compared with the same period in 2005 

June - September 2005

June - September 2006

2006/2005 change
(in %)

of which:

Total

('000)

Non-
residents

Residents

Non-
residents 
as % of 
Total

Total

of which:

Non-
residents

Residents

Non-
residents 
as % of 
Total

Total

of which:

Non-
residents

Residents

EU-27

692 563

324 333

368 230

46.8% 708 258

339 731

368 527

BE

BG

CZ

DK

DE

EE

IE*

EL

ES

FR

IT

CY

LV

LT

LU

HU

MT

NL

AT

PL

PT

RO

SI

SK

FI

SE

UK

IS

LI

5 664

11 236

10 080

4 590

3 852

9 360

6 604

2 437

1 812

1 876

3 476

2 154

82 774

16 009

66 765

1 575

12 372

37 021

120 263

84 127

126 341

8 074

1 019

969

545

7 213

3 478

11 733

29 120

8 582

1 297

8 510

29 603

70 479

33 745

48 155

7 421

726

696

511

4 184

3 393

5 981

21 296

3 746

16 385

10 927

9 108

2 171

2 811

5 868

9 564

1 781

1 545

1 566

1 675

2 735

278

3 862

7 418

49 784

50 382

78 186

653

293

273

34

3 029

85

5 752

7 824

4 835

5 458

7 326

626

1 245

4 193

6 829

79 880

26 100

53 780

978

41

801

41

176

1

58.6% 129 611

40.1%

82 893

38.1% 131 364

68.0%

83.3%

65.5%

53.1%

19.3%

82.4%

68.8%

80.0%

91.9%

71.2%

71.8%

93.8%

58.0%

97.5%

51.0%

73.1%

43.7%

66.7%

19.6%

71.2%

55.7%

28.5%

28.6%

32.7%

82.0%

98.3%

5 923

11 587

10 794

4 816

3 924

9 536

6 982

2 439

1 999

2 050

3 811

2 377

85 666

18 135

67 532

1 658

12 701

37 971

7 371

1 203

1 111

536

7 120

3 422

12 741

29 531

8 940

9 211

2 254

2 834

6 154

10 035

73 360

1 057

45

1 284

9 122

30 830

76 657

32 129

52 095

6 715

850

749

508

3 856

3 305

6 460

21 405

3 566

1 525

1 575

1 638

1 833

2 799

375

3 579

7 141

52 954

50 764

79 269

656

353

362

28

3 263

117

6 281

8 126

5 374

5 578

7 687

679

1 196

4 321

7 236

27 940

45 420

873

43

184

1

17 451

11 874

5 185
NO
 (*)IE : Data comes from the demand side survey and might for this reason be not comparable. 

35.3%

5 036

7 782

8 008

2 823

2 746

2.3%

4.6%

3.1%

7.1%

4.9%

3.5%

5.3%

2.7%

2.6%

7.8%

-1.5%

4.0%

-8.7%

18.0%

14.6%

-1.6%

-1.3%

-1.6%

8.6%

1.4%

4.2%

6.5%

48.0%

66.2%

82.3%

64.7%

50.6%

21.2%

77.4%

71.8%

81.2%

59.1%

38.8%

39.7%

91.1%

70.7%

67.4%

94.8%

54.2%

96.6%

50.7%

72.5%

39.9%

68.0%

16.6%

69.9%

57.8%

29.8%

27.9%

38.1%

82.6%

96.8%

35.2%

4.7%

1.9%

1.9%

5.7%

0.1%

13.3%

-1.0%

7.2%

4.1%

8.8%

-4.8%

8.2%

-9.5%

17.1%

7.6%

0.1%

10.3%

9.3%

9.6%

10.4%

1.1%

34.8%

-7.3%

-3.7%

6.4%

0.8%

1.4%

0.4%

20.3%

32.5%

-0.5% -17.7%

-7.8%

-2.6%

8.0%

0.5%

-4.8%

8.7%

1.1% -14.4%

3.8%

0.8%

4.9%

4.9%

2.0%

4.6%

9.5%

2.3%

7.7%

36.6%

9.2%

3.9%

11.1%

2.2%

4.9%

8.4%

-3.9%

3.1%

6.0%

-8.2%

7.0% -15.5%

8.1%

8.9%

2.9%

8.9%

4.4%

7.2% 104.7%

2.8%

3.0%

Source: Eurostat, Tourism Statistics 

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DATA IN FOCUS — 8/2007 — Industry, trade and services – Population and social conditions (cid:4) 

 
 
 
 
In three Member States, namely Cyprus, Greece and Malta, the net 
occupancy rate of bed-places in hotels and similar establishments in the 
peak month was more than 80%, while in ten other Member States 
 it was less than 50% 

Table 2: Net occupancy rates in hotels and similar establishments 

Summer season 2005

Summer season 2006

Change in percentage points

%

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

JUN

JUL

AUG

SEP

BE
BG*
CZ
DK
DE
EE
IE
EL
ES
FR
IT
CY
LV
LT
LU
HU
MT
NL
AT
PL
PT
RO
SI
SK
FI
SE
UK
IS
LI
NO

36.2
32.8
37.6
49.0
38.9
53.0
55.0
63.9
57.0
:
47.3
69.7
45.7
39.8
31.3
33.1
66.5
47.8
35.9
41.5
45.4
37.8
52.7
38.9
37.8
36.6
51.0
46.4
23.6
45.8

37.5
54.4
41.9
63.0
40.2
70.0
57.0
80.3
65.1
:
56.8
79.1
54.8
46.8
33.7
39.5
81.1
49.7
47.5
41.8
50.9
45.5
59.3
41.6
49.2
51.6
55.0
64.0
27.8
54.9

41.6
54.4
45.8
58.0
44.3
61.0
60.0
91.4
73.9
:
64.3
93.2
53.3
45.2
35.3
43.5
87.0
56.2
58.1
44.3
63.2
51.1
70.0
47.1
41.0
44.4
56.0
59.4
30.7
49.7

39.4
54.4
39.7
48.0
44.6
48.0
51.0
72.6
63.4
:
45.2
76.5
39.4
34.5
32.9
35.9
70.4
48.6
40.2
42.3
50.0
37.2
57.8
39.6
36.1
37.7
52.0
35.4
22.9
37.7

38.3
30.6
38.3
51.0
40.8
54.0
52.0
67.9
61.0
:
:
71.8
41.2
43.7
32.7
34.5
61.2
52.6
38.2
41.1
47.3
32.7
55.9
38.9
40.4
36.9
53.0
47.1
25.3
45.3

38.9
47.4
41.7
65.0
41.1
65.0
57.0
82.7
67.9
:
:
78.4
51.5
47.1
32.7
41.8
77.8
53.1
48.1
41.3
54.5
44.6
59.2
42.7
51.6
53.6
58.0
67.3
30.4
56.1

40.0
47.4
46.0
60.0
43.5
59.0
62.0
88.0
74.5
:
:
89.5
60.0
47.0
33.8
45.4
83.8
57.2
55.4
42.8
67.4
49.9
67.9
46.2
43.2
45.5
61.0
60.1
28.0
50.1

39.4
47.4
41.0
50.0
47.1
47.0
53.0
73.2
64.7
:
:
73.9
36.6
38.6
33.9
37.1
63.9
54.3
42.4
42.9
53.2
35.8
57.1
39.9
39.7
38.6
57.0
39.7
26.4
38.9

2.1
-2.2
0.7
2.0
1.9
1.0
-3.0
4.0
4.0
:
:
2.1
-4.5
3.9
1.4
1.4
-5.3
4.8
2.3
-0.4
1.9
-5.1
3.2
0.0
2.6
0.3
2.0
0.7
1.7
-0.5

1.4
-7.0
-0.2
2.0
0.9
-5.0
0.0
2.4
2.8
:
:
-0.7
-3.3
0.3
-1.0
2.3
-3.3
3.4
0.6
-0.5
3.6
-0.9
-0.1
1.1
2.4
2.0
3.0
3.3
2.6
1.2

-1.6
-7.0
0.2
2.0
-0.8
-2.0
2.0
-3.4
0.6
:
:
-3.7
6.7
1.8
-1.5
1.9
-3.2
1.0
-2.7
-1.5
4.2
-1.2
-2.1
-0.9
2.2
1.1
5.0
0.7
-2.7
0.4

0.0
-7.0
1.3
2.0
2.5
-1.0
2.0
0.6
1.3
:
:
-2.6
-2.8
4.1
1.0
1.2
-6.5
5.7
2.2
0.6
3.2
-1.4
-0.7
0.3
3.6
0.9
5.0
4.3
3.5
1.2

(*) BG: The figures of July, August and September are identical because they are based on quarterly data.

Source: Eurostat, Tourism Statistics 

(cid:4) 

Population and social conditions – Industry, trade and services — 8/2007 — DATA IN FOCUS

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Figure 2: Net occupancy rates of bed places in hotels and similar establishments in the peak month, 
summer season 2006 

100

90

80

70

60

%

50

40

30

20

10

0

July
August
September

BE BG CZ DK DE EE IE EL ES FR IT CY LV LT LU HU MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK IS LI NO

Data not available for BG, FR and IT 

Source: Eurostat, Tourism Statistics 

M E T H O D O L O G I C A L   N O T E S  

CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS 

Net occupancy rate 
The net occupancy rate of bedplaces in one month is obtained by dividing total overnight stays by the product of the bedplaces 
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 

Symbols 
":" 

data unavailable or unreliable 

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