EU tourism getting closer to 2019 levels

30.09.2022, 13:59 finchannel.com

The EU tourism industry seems to be rebounding from the COVID-19 pandemic strongly, with data for 2022 closely mirroring that for 2019. Compared with the first half year of 2019, before the pandemic hit the EU, the total number of nights spent in tourist accommodation in the first half year of 2022 was still inferior (1.01 billion in 2022 vs 1.18 billion in 2019) but to a lesser extent than in 2020 (474.7 million) and 2021 (406.8 million). This means a 14% decrease in 2022 compared with 2019, against 66% in 2021 and 60% in 2020.