In the first eight months of this year, the number of overnight stays recorded in EU tourist accommodation establishments amounted to 1.1 billion, a 50% decrease compared to the same period in 2019, amid the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to data published by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most severe decline in the number of overnight stays recorded in EU tourist accommodation establishments was in April (95%) and May (89%), compared to the same months in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only a partial recovery was recorded during the summer season, with decreases of 71% in June, 42% in July, and 32% in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the July-August 2020 period, the number of overnight stays recorded in EU tourist accommodation establishments fell by 37% compared to the same period in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the July-August 2020 period, the decline in overnight stays recorded in EU tourist accommodation establishments was stronger for guests from foreign countries (60% compared to the same period in 2019) than for domestic guests in the reporting countries (17%).<\/p>\n\n\n
The number of overnight stays fell by 50% compared to the same period in 2019, reaching a total of 1.1 billion.<\/p>Which months saw the most significant decline in tourism?<\/strong> The sharpest declines were recorded in April (95%) and May (89%).<\/p>How was domestic tourism affected compared to international tourism during the summer?<\/strong> International tourism dropped by 60%, while domestic tourism saw a significantly smaller decrease of 17%.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the first eight months of this year, the number of overnight stays recorded in EU tourist accommodation establishments amounted to 1.1 billion, a 50% decrease compared to the same period in 2019, amid the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, according to data published by the European Statistical Office (Eurostat). The most severe decline…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":69571,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[168,130],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-118079","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism","tag-innoptari","tag-pandemie"],"article_style_override":"on","post-style":"style2","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118079\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118079"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=118079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}