In 2021, the importance of tourist trips partially recovered in 27 EU countries. Eurostat reports it, and DIP reports it.
According to statistics, residents of the EU countries made 879 million trips lasting at least one night per year. This is 23 percent more than in 2020 when the number of trips was 713 million.
At the same time, more than half of the trips were made to three EU states: France (200 million visits), Germany (178 million), and Spain (131 million).
Tourist travel volumes are still below pre-pandemic levels. In 2019, the number of tourist trips by EU residents exceeded 1.1 billion.