Tourism in Europe exceeded pre-Covid-19 levels
In European Union (EU) countries, the number of nights spent in tourist facilities such as hotels and hostels in the first half of this year exceeded the level before the Covid-19 outbreak.
The European Statistical Office (Eurostat) published data on overnight tourist accommodation in EU member countries in the first half of 2023.
Consequently, the EU tourism sector, which was negatively affected by the epidemic, recovered this year.
In the first half of this year, the number of accommodations in tourist facilities in EU countries reached the highest level in the first half of the last 10 years.
The number of overnight stays in tourist facilities, which was 1,182 million in the first six months of 2019, the pre-pandemic period, reached 1,193 million in the same period of 2023. Thus, the total number of overnight stays in tourist facilities in EU countries In the first half of this year it was 11 million more than in the 2019 period before the epidemic.
In the first six months of this year, overnight stays increased by 12.9 percent compared to last year.
On the other hand, tourism in EU countries came to a standstill in 2020 due to the Covid-19 epidemic and the strict measures implemented. (AA)
Source: Sozcu
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