Topic Highlights: Travel season in Europe
In 2004 most of the holiday trips in the EU25 were domestic trips. But
this was not the case in all EU member countries. In Germany approximately
two-thirds of all trips were spent abroad - mostly in neighbouring EU countries. Each EU-tourist
undertook an average 2.1 holiday trips in 2004, private cars being the most popular means of transport. Italy offered
more than 1 million hotel bedrooms in 2005, whereas Spain archieved the highest
revenue from tourism in the EU25 (38.5 million Euro). Anyone interested in
planning a
cost-efficient holiday trip abroad, is well advised to choose a
destination such as Egypt or Thailand. In both countries, the purchasing
power of the Euro calculated on the basis of the living costs in Germany
is comparatively high (for example in Cairo: 1.56 or in Bangkok: 1.25).
The following Eurostat tables and publications contain further information on this topic:
Eurostat Data
Employed persons in hotels and restaurants: Here you can access a table with data for the 4th quarter of 2005 in Excel format.Download table
Gross value added of hotels and restaurants: This Excel-table includes data on the gross value added of hotels and restaurants at basic prices.
Download table
Hotels: In this Excel-file you will find the number of hotel establishments, bedrooms and bedplaces.
Download table
Tourism revenue: This table in Excel-format presents the revenue from tourism for the years 2004 and 2005.
Download table
Purchasing power of the Euro abroad: This bar chart shows the purchasing power of the Euro abroad calculated on the basis of the living costs in Germany (Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany).
Access the bar chart
Access to the Eurostat Online Database: Here you can directly access the database domain on tourism.
Access the database
Eurostat Publications
Statistics in focus: These booklets are available free-of-charge as PDF downloads.Tourism and the Internet in the European Union
Summer tourism trends 2005
How Europeans go on holiday
Inbound and outbound tourism in the European Union
News releases: The most important Eurostat news releases on tourism.
20.06.2006 Europeans on holiday
