Eurostat: number of guest nights booked on online platforms shows stable growth in the EU

According to the EU statistical office, in the first quarter of 2025, guests spent 129.6 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the European Union, booked through Airbnb, Booking or Expedia.

The number of nights spent in the first quarter of 2025 increased by 4.8 percent compared to the same period in 2024 and by 34.5 percent compared to 2023.

The number of nights spent in short-term accommodation increased by 16.3 percent in January 2025 and by 11.6 percent in February compared to the same months in 2024. The figures for March this year showed a decrease of 8.6 percent compared to March 2024, mainly due to the Easter holidays, which fell in April this year, compared to March last year. The results for the first two months of the year helped to offset the seasonal decline observed in March, they wrote.

Describing the most popular regions for short-term accommodation booked through online platforms, the report reported records for the last quarter of 2024, according to which the most such accommodation was booked in Andalusia in Spain (8.7 million nights), the Canary Islands, also part of Spain (7.6 million nights) and the Ile-de-France region in France (7.2 million nights). In the same quarter, 5 of the top 20 regions were located in Spain, another 5 in Italy, 4 in France, 2 in Portugal, and 1 region each in Hungary, Poland, Greece and Austria.

According to the report, between October and December 2024, the most short-term accommodations in Hungary were booked on online platforms in Budapest, with 2,252,993. In the Western Transdanubia region, 99,746, in the Southern Transdanubia region, 67,774, in the Southern Great Plain region, 62,757, in the Northern Hungary region, 60,311, in the Northern Great Plain region, 57,701, in the Central Transdanubia region, and finally in the region belonging to Pest County, 32,373 guests booked short-term accommodations via online platforms.