Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium led European recovery in 2022
European Commission statisticians Eurostat reported Wednesday that overnight stays - domestic and international - in tourist accommodations in Europe in 2022 lagged pre-pandemic 2019 level by only 5.6%: 2.72B nights ve. 2.88B.
Growth was steady, with an 11.0% deficit in January-June shrinking to only 1.9% in July-December.
Bed nights spent in Europe by international tourists In 2022 lagged 2019 level by 12.6% but continued to grow steadily.
Countries seeing more tourism bed nights in 2022 vs. 2019 were:
- Denmark +12.3%
- Netherlands +3.9%
- Belgium +0.5%
Countries still lagging 2019 but with better than EU-average growth in 2022 were:
- Slovenia
- France
- Sweden
- Portugal
- Croatia
- Luxembourg
- Poland
- Spain
2022 recovery vs. 2019 was slowest in Latvia (-29.6%) and Slovakia (-28.3%).
