Tourism: night spent stronglyincrease in Slovakia, Lithuania
Good results also in the Balkans, in particular Kosovo, Serbia
24 January, 16:24The number of nights spent in tourist accommodation in 2019 grew in nearly all EU States, with the largest increases being observed in Slovakia (+12.6%) and Lithuania (+10.0%), followed by the Netherlands (+6.8%), the United Kingdom (+5.7%) and Romania (+5.6%), Eurostat said, noting that the only decreases were registered in Greece (-3.0%) and Malta (-2.7%).
A significant increase in nights spent in tourist accommodations in 2019 was registered also in Poland (+5.1%) and Germany (+4.0%), and outside of the EU in Kosovo (+15.5%), Serbia (+6.4%) and North Macedonia (+3.5%).
In 2019, the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation reached approximately 3.2 billion, up by 2.4% compared with 2018, the EU statistical office said. (ANSA).