Tourism: overnights up in Latvia, Lithuania, Balkans
Good results also in Poland, stable in Greece
23 January, 14:38In Central- and Eastern Europe good performances were recorded also in the Czech Republic (+4.5%), Germany (+4.3%), Croatia (+3.9%), Hungary (+3.8%), Slovakia (+3.3%), Bulgaria (+3.2%), Austria (+2.9%) and Estonia (+2.0%). Nights spent in accommodation in Greece were relatively stable between 2017 and 2018 (+0.5%).
High increase in nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments were recorded in 2018 also in several Western Balkan countries still not member of the EU. Overnights in Macedonia increased by 18.9% in Macedonia year-on-year, by 12.4% in Serbia, by 11.7% in Kosovo and by 7.5% in Montenegro. In the EU, Eurostat said, the number of nights spent in tourist accommodation establishments has reached more than 3.1 billion in 2018, up by 2.2% compared with 2017. (ANSA).