Santorini and Mykonos sit in a region that hosts 26 tourists for every resident. Here is how every other part of Europe compares — ranked from official Eurostat data, and free to cite.
Which parts of Europe carry the most tourists relative to the people who actually live there? This ranks every region in Europe that reports to Eurostat — 273 of them across 34 countries — by the number of tourist arrivals per resident in 2024, the most recent full year of official data. Every figure comes from the Eurostat dissemination API and can be checked against the source links below.
What the data shows
- Notio Aigaio (Greece) is Europe's most tourist-dense region: 26.03 arrivals per resident in 2024, and 127.2 overnight stays per resident. It covers Santorini, Mykonos and the rest of the South Aegean.
- 10 regions record 10 or more tourist arrivals per resident per year; 23 record 5 or more; 216 of 273 record at least one arrival per resident.
- The Alps are as tourist-dense as the Mediterranean: South Tyrol (16.22), Tirol (13.77) and Salzburg (12.56) all rank above the Balearic Islands (12.03).
- Fastest growth since 2019: Região Autónoma da Madeira (+42.5%), Galicia (+39.3%), Severozapaden (+33.4%).
- 79 regions still recorded fewer arrivals in 2024 than in 2019 — the recovery is not universal.
The full ranking
| # | Region | Country | Tourists per resident | Nights per resident | Arrivals (2024) | Residents | Foreign % | Change vs 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Notio Aigaio | Greece | 26.03 | 127.2 | 8,494,296 | 326,373 | 92.2% | +10.2% |
| 2 | Ionia Nisia | Greece | 17.59 | 102.6 | 3,518,554 | 200,014 | 93.5% | +17.8% |
| 3 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | Italy | 16.22 | 68.9 | 8,719,673 | 537,533 | 71.7% | +13.3% |
| 4 | Tirol | Austria | 13.77 | 50.6 | 10,685,548 | 775,970 | 90.8% | +1.7% |
| 5 | Jadranska Hrvatska | Croatia | 13.35 | 67.5 | 17,497,095 | 1,310,313 | 92% | +3.5% |
| 6 | Salzburg | Austria | 12.56 | 44.1 | 7,175,376 | 571,479 | 76.2% | -0.4% |
| 7 | Illes Balears | Spain | 12.03 | 60 | 14,823,260 | 1,231,768 | 90.2% | +19.3% |
| 8 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | Italy | 10.94 | 30.1 | 1,343,846 | 122,877 | 41.5% | +5.8% |
| 9 | Algarve | Portugal | 10.86 | 47.5 | 5,258,404 | 484,122 | 75.8% | +5.3% |
| 10 | Kriti | Greece | 10.36 | 55.6 | 6,439,292 | 621,442 | 94.4% | +4.8% |
| 11 | Corse | France | 9.32 | 30.3 | 3,345,487 | 358,833 | 33.7% | +15.3% |
| 12 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | Italy | 9.12 | 36 | 4,970,398 | 545,169 | 43.9% | +9.8% |
| 13 | Antalya, Isparta, Burdur | Türkiye | 8.45 | 29.6 | 28,943,834 | 3,423,478 | 86.2% | +22.1% |
| 14 | Zeeland | Netherlands | 8.02 | 33.8 | 3,141,532 | 391,634 | 59.1% | +16.7% |
| 15 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | Portugal | 7.17 | 37.3 | 1,840,702 | 256,622 | 85.3% | +42.5% |
| 16 | Canarias | Spain | 6.58 | 44.4 | 14,726,979 | 2,238,754 | 87.6% | +9.3% |
| 17 | Åland | Finland | 6.34 | 13.7 | 193,529 | 30,541 | 48.6% | -4.8% |
| 18 | Nord-Norge | Norway | 6.03 | 10.8 | 2,942,311 | 487,744 | 44.3% | — |
| 19 | Praha | Czechia | 5.82 | 13.2 | 8,063,367 | 1,384,732 | 85.7% | +0.2% |
| 20 | Vorarlberg | Austria | 5.73 | 18.7 | 2,350,062 | 409,973 | 88.1% | +9.5% |
| 21 | Noord-Holland | Netherlands | 5.39 | 13.5 | 16,034,143 | 2,976,487 | 66.8% | +3.2% |
| 22 | Kärnten | Austria | 5.13 | 19.9 | 2,921,458 | 569,744 | 56.4% | -0.3% |
| 23 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Germany | 5 | 18.8 | 7,882,504 | 1,578,041 | 3.3% | -3.8% |
| 24 | Ticino | Switzerland | 4.73 | 12.1 | 1,693,469 | 357,720 | 32.3% | +11.3% |
| 25 | Zahodna Slovenija | Slovenia | 4.59 | 11.4 | 4,650,863 | 1,012,263 | 81.6% | +6.6% |
| 26 | Malta | Malta | 4.53 | 20.1 | 2,550,391 | 563,443 | 93.7% | +26.1% |
| 27 | Veneto | Italy | 4.48 | 15.1 | 21,760,288 | 4,852,216 | 70.5% | +7.8% |
| 28 | Innlandet | Norway | 4.43 | 9.7 | 1,667,606 | 376,304 | 26.6% | — |
| 29 | Övre Norrland | Sweden | 4.33 | 9 | 2,283,042 | 527,209 | 31.4% | +8.1% |
| 30 | Drenthe | Netherlands | 4.22 | 15.3 | 2,126,139 | 504,129 | 18.8% | +8.3% |
| 31 | Alentejo | Portugal | 4.18 | 9.4 | 1,984,740 | 474,701 | 33.7% | — |
| 32 | Limburg (NL) | Netherlands | 4.15 | 12.2 | 4,706,682 | 1,133,255 | 30.4% | +11.7% |
| 33 | Mellersta Norrland | Sweden | 4.14 | 8.3 | 1,550,756 | 374,720 | 19.1% | -3% |
| 34 | Toscana | Italy | 4.11 | 12.6 | 15,027,803 | 3,660,530 | 57.6% | +4.8% |
| 35 | Hamburg | Germany | 4.08 | 8.7 | 7,559,629 | 1,851,596 | 23.5% | -0.7% |
| 36 | Trier | Germany | 4.05 | 11.4 | 2,131,063 | 526,651 | 33.4% | -2.5% |
| 37 | Oberbayern | Germany | 4.04 | 9.2 | 19,098,194 | 4,726,101 | 30.3% | +3.9% |
| 38 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | Portugal | 4.04 | 12.7 | 973,937 | 241,025 | 63.7% | +29.1% |
| 39 | Wien | Austria | 3.99 | 9.1 | 7,995,037 | 2,005,760 | 81.8% | +3.8% |
| 40 | Peloponnisos | Greece | 3.96 | 11.1 | 2,103,855 | 531,073 | 48.4% | +7.7% |
| 41 | Grande Lisboa | Portugal | 3.93 | 9.4 | 8,356,843 | 2,126,578 | 81.5% | — |
| 42 | Vestlandet | Norway | 3.91 | 7.1 | 5,554,428 | 1,421,340 | 36.8% | — |
| 43 | Région lémanique | Switzerland | 3.89 | 9.2 | 6,761,983 | 1,736,124 | 50.5% | +8.7% |
| 44 | Kýpros | Cyprus | 3.85 | 18.5 | 3,716,293 | 966,365 | 92.5% | +14.6% |
| 45 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | France | 3.77 | 10.8 | 19,787,253 | 5,252,362 | 32.9% | +9.5% |
| 46 | Cantabria | Spain | 3.68 | 10.4 | 2,174,420 | 590,851 | 20.5% | +7.1% |
| 47 | Burgenland | Austria | 3.66 | 9.9 | 1,105,626 | 301,951 | 21% | +9.7% |
| 48 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | Belgium | 3.64 | 10.2 | 1,087,439 | 298,691 | 40.5% | +3.8% |
| 49 | Ostschweiz | Switzerland | 3.57 | 9.8 | 4,418,630 | 1,237,469 | 31% | +9.7% |
| 50 | Languedoc-Roussillon | France | 3.56 | 12.9 | 10,585,259 | 2,976,437 | 23.1% | +11% |
| 51 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | Belgium | 3.53 | 9.9 | 4,340,742 | 1,228,984 | 37% | +1.7% |
| 52 | Småland med öarna | Sweden | 3.53 | 7.6 | 3,110,827 | 880,238 | 21% | +5.7% |
| 53 | Northern and Western | Ireland | 3.52 | 13 | 3,329,537 | 945,560 | 55.5% | +14.5% |
| 54 | Västsverige | Sweden | 3.5 | 6.5 | 7,390,328 | 2,110,762 | 26.7% | +9.6% |
| 55 | Berlin | Germany | 3.47 | 8.3 | 12,698,150 | 3,662,381 | 42.1% | -8.9% |
| 56 | Norra Mellansverige | Sweden | 3.46 | 7.4 | 2,962,091 | 856,443 | 22.2% | -1.1% |
| 57 | Zentralschweiz | Switzerland | 3.44 | 7.2 | 2,938,448 | 854,922 | 48.1% | 0% |
| 58 | Cataluña | Spain | 3.44 | 11.1 | 27,596,712 | 8,012,231 | 66% | +5.5% |
| 59 | Liguria | Italy | 3.43 | 10.7 | 5,182,104 | 1,509,140 | 45.8% | +8% |
| 60 | Stockholm | Sweden | 3.42 | 6.2 | 8,388,276 | 2,454,821 | 36.3% | +3.4% |
| 61 | Aquitaine | France | 3.23 | 10.3 | 11,665,964 | 3,609,164 | 24.6% | +7.1% |
| 62 | Freiburg | Germany | 3.22 | 7.4 | 7,480,922 | 2,320,772 | 27.6% | +4.9% |
| 63 | Trøndelag | Norway | 3.18 | 6 | 1,536,641 | 482,956 | 20.5% | — |
| 64 | Steiermark | Austria | 3.17 | 9.4 | 4,031,194 | 1,269,801 | 42.1% | +4.6% |
| 65 | Voreio Aigaio | Greece | 3.17 | 14.9 | 633,320 | 200,051 | 75% | +13.6% |
| 66 | Friesland (NL) | Netherlands | 3.17 | 10.7 | 2,096,239 | 661,904 | 24.7% | +18.3% |
| 67 | Oslo og Viken | Norway | 3.15 | 5.9 | 6,384,769 | 2,028,484 | 32.1% | — |
| 68 | Schleswig-Holstein | Germany | 3.13 | 11.7 | 9,251,626 | 2,953,202 | 5.8% | +5.6% |
| 69 | Poitou-Charentes | France | 3.13 | 9.3 | 5,776,335 | 1,843,136 | 14.8% | +8.2% |
| 70 | Ipeiros | Greece | 3.09 | 9.5 | 991,640 | 320,698 | 52.8% | -0.6% |
| 71 | Ile de France | France | 3.09 | 6.7 | 38,627,013 | 12,507,542 | 52.7% | -4.5% |
| 72 | Umbria | Italy | 3.08 | 7.9 | 2,627,079 | 853,068 | 35.3% | +7.8% |
| 73 | Basse-Normandie | France | 3.06 | 7.4 | 4,542,786 | 1,484,402 | 28.1% | -4.9% |
| 74 | Schwaben | Germany | 3.03 | 8 | 5,814,100 | 1,920,514 | 16% | +1.4% |
| 75 | Alsace | France | 3.03 | 5.7 | 5,868,595 | 1,938,376 | 43.9% | +3.8% |
| 76 | Liechtenstein | Liechtenstein | 3.01 | 5.7 | 120,587 | 40,015 | 97.7% | +20.7% |
| 77 | Andalucía | Spain | 2.98 | 9 | 25,691,910 | 8,631,862 | 54.2% | +6.2% |
| 78 | Aragón | Spain | 2.97 | 6.4 | 4,018,878 | 1,351,591 | 22.3% | +5.4% |
| 79 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | Finland | 2.97 | 6.2 | 3,780,101 | 1,272,680 | 32.3% | +1.6% |
| 80 | Rhône-Alpes | France | 2.96 | 7.9 | 20,325,797 | 6,868,920 | 29.7% | +11.2% |
| 81 | Castilla y León | Spain | 2.95 | 5.5 | 7,055,695 | 2,391,682 | 21.2% | +8.7% |
| 82 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | Belgium | 2.94 | 5.8 | 3,715,227 | 1,264,371 | 77.7% | -5.2% |
| 83 | Comunidad Foral de Navarra | Spain | 2.89 | 6 | 1,958,818 | 678,333 | 25.1% | +32.3% |
| 84 | Bourgogne | France | 2.87 | 4.4 | 4,658,997 | 1,622,910 | 34.1% | +1.5% |
| 85 | Principado de Asturias | Spain | 2.8 | 6.6 | 2,827,116 | 1,009,599 | 19.3% | +19.8% |
| 86 | Darmstadt | Germany | 2.75 | 5.2 | 11,052,931 | 4,024,030 | 31.2% | -0.1% |
| 87 | Espace Mittelland | Switzerland | 2.69 | 5.9 | 5,235,582 | 1,944,753 | 48.4% | +10.9% |
| 88 | Emilia-Romagna | Italy | 2.67 | 9.2 | 11,879,657 | 4,451,938 | 30% | +2.4% |
| 89 | Agder og Sør-Østlandet | Norway | 2.67 | 6.2 | 2,010,106 | 753,375 | 19.2% | — |
| 90 | Southern | Ireland | 2.65 | 8.1 | 4,690,052 | 1,772,411 | 48.2% | +25.4% |
| 91 | Budapest | Hungary | 2.64 | 6.5 | 4,459,311 | 1,686,222 | 83.5% | -3.8% |
| 92 | Eesti | Estonia | 2.63 | 4.8 | 3,610,390 | 1,374,687 | 55.2% | -4.7% |
| 93 | Galicia | Spain | 2.63 | 4.9 | 7,123,483 | 2,705,833 | 29.4% | +39.3% |
| 94 | Sydsverige | Sweden | 2.63 | 4.8 | 4,158,244 | 1,579,754 | 27% | +8.8% |
| 95 | La Rioja | Spain | 2.61 | 5.2 | 846,666 | 324,184 | 21.1% | +3.6% |
| 96 | Kentriki Makedonia | Greece | 2.58 | 10.2 | 4,574,012 | 1,774,437 | 78.3% | +6.8% |
| 97 | Bretagne | France | 2.58 | 7.4 | 8,947,365 | 3,469,711 | 18.7% | +6.8% |
| 98 | Aydın, Denizli, Muğla | Türkiye | 2.57 | 7.8 | 8,444,454 | 3,287,520 | 65% | +9.7% |
| 99 | Yugoiztochen | Bulgaria | 2.55 | 11.2 | 2,425,786 | 951,167 | 64.6% | +16.1% |
| 100 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Italy | 2.55 | 8.5 | 3,041,674 | 1,194,616 | 59.3% | +14.7% |
| 101 | Comunitat Valenciana | Spain | 2.54 | 10.1 | 13,508,630 | 5,319,285 | 54.8% | +9.3% |
| 102 | Mittelfranken | Germany | 2.53 | 5.1 | 4,538,447 | 1,791,147 | 25.6% | +6.7% |
| 103 | Auvergne | France | 2.53 | 5.3 | 3,458,492 | 1,369,415 | 13.9% | +7.1% |
| 104 | Kassel | Germany | 2.51 | 5.4 | 3,020,595 | 1,202,063 | 9.1% | -5.6% |
| 105 | Zürich | Switzerland | 2.5 | 4.4 | 4,017,680 | 1,605,508 | 61.8% | +11.7% |
| 106 | Dresden | Germany | 2.5 | 5.6 | 3,974,549 | 1,589,143 | 13.3% | -4% |
| 107 | Sardegna | Italy | 2.47 | 9.9 | 3,872,836 | 1,570,453 | 51.1% | +12.4% |
| 108 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | Portugal | 2.47 | 4.9 | 2,103,051 | 852,583 | 49.2% | — |
| 109 | Hovedstaden | Denmark | 2.44 | 8 | 4,660,917 | 1,911,067 | 54.8% | +23.1% |
| 110 | Zachodniopomorskie | Poland | 2.4 | 10.5 | 3,786,261 | 1,579,753 | 20.9% | +17.9% |
| 111 | Niederbayern | Germany | 2.37 | 7.5 | 2,967,683 | 1,251,623 | 9.5% | -6.9% |
| 112 | Leipzig | Germany | 2.33 | 4.6 | 2,489,928 | 1,069,497 | 15.3% | +2.4% |
| 113 | Midi-Pyrénées | France | 2.33 | 5.6 | 7,424,556 | 3,189,432 | 23.1% | +8.6% |
| 114 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | 2.33 | 5.5 | 1,568,299 | 672,050 | 87.5% | +18.3% |
| 115 | Crna Gora | Montenegro | 2.32 | 8.3 | 1,446,480 | 623,680 | 88.5% | — |
| 116 | Overijssel | Netherlands | 2.3 | 7 | 2,731,397 | 1,189,033 | 18% | +16.3% |
| 117 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | Finland | 2.29 | 3.9 | 4,028,468 | 1,759,537 | 41.6% | -1.5% |
| 118 | Gelderland | Netherlands | 2.29 | 7.1 | 4,921,298 | 2,149,071 | 17.7% | +12.9% |
| 119 | Lazio | Italy | 2.24 | 9.1 | 12,786,237 | 5,714,745 | 67.2% | -0.6% |
| 120 | Centre — Val de Loire | France | 2.22 | 4 | 5,738,558 | 2,588,006 | 22.2% | +1.1% |
| 121 | País Vasco | Spain | 2.2 | 4.6 | 4,908,412 | 2,227,684 | 46.2% | +27% |
| 122 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | Hungary | 2.19 | 5.6 | 2,149,107 | 981,569 | 40.2% | +3.1% |
| 123 | Bremen | Germany | 2.18 | 4 | 1,529,524 | 702,655 | 19.2% | +1.5% |
| 124 | Comunidad de Madrid | Spain | 2.18 | 4.6 | 15,261,989 | 7,009,268 | 55.1% | +10.8% |
| 125 | Pays de la Loire | France | 2.17 | 6.4 | 8,529,138 | 3,926,871 | 13.4% | +3.8% |
| 126 | Östra Mellansverige | Sweden | 2.13 | 3.7 | 3,769,552 | 1,767,760 | 14.9% | +5.5% |
| 127 | Severovýchod | Czechia | 2.11 | 6 | 3,242,802 | 1,538,237 | 17.9% | +10.2% |
| 128 | Koblenz | Germany | 2.11 | 5 | 3,220,286 | 1,527,616 | 21.4% | -8.7% |
| 129 | Unterfranken | Germany | 2.1 | 4.3 | 2,764,746 | 1,315,155 | 11% | -1.5% |
| 130 | Jihozápad | Czechia | 2.09 | 5.3 | 2,650,125 | 1,267,879 | 24.8% | -0.4% |
| 131 | Thessalia | Greece | 2.09 | 6 | 1,413,980 | 677,721 | 58.9% | -5.7% |
| 132 | Norte | Portugal | 2.08 | 4.1 | 7,632,093 | 3,673,861 | 61.9% | +25% |
| 133 | Severoiztochen | Bulgaria | 2.07 | 8 | 1,706,481 | 826,134 | 74.6% | -4.4% |
| 134 | Brandenburg | Germany | 2.07 | 5 | 5,298,686 | 2,554,464 | 8.9% | +3.9% |
| 135 | Sterea Elláda | Greece | 2.06 | 5.8 | 1,040,480 | 504,963 | 39.5% | +4.3% |
| 136 | Oberösterreich | Austria | 2.05 | 5.2 | 3,137,453 | 1,530,349 | 41.4% | +4.2% |
| 137 | Lüneburg | Germany | 2.05 | 5.6 | 3,534,351 | 1,721,982 | 7.2% | +3.2% |
| 138 | Champagne-Ardenne | France | 2.04 | 3.3 | 2,659,498 | 1,302,266 | 35.5% | +3.4% |
| 139 | Oberfranken | Germany | 2.01 | 4.3 | 2,122,036 | 1,055,751 | 9.7% | +1.8% |
| 140 | Weser-Ems | Germany | 2.01 | 6.8 | 5,171,219 | 2,570,052 | 7% | +0.2% |
| 141 | Tübingen | Germany | 2 | 5 | 3,806,415 | 1,900,862 | 17.5% | +4.7% |
| 142 | Extremadura | Spain | 2 | 3.9 | 2,112,836 | 1,054,681 | 15.5% | +9% |
| 143 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | Greece | 1.91 | 6.9 | 1,072,964 | 561,325 | 73.6% | +12% |
| 144 | Centro (PT) | Portugal | 1.91 | 3.7 | 3,236,442 | 1,695,635 | 32.1% | — |
| 145 | Karlsruhe | Germany | 1.89 | 3.8 | 5,367,587 | 2,844,407 | 22.1% | +0.6% |
| 146 | Oberpfalz | Germany | 1.89 | 4.5 | 2,108,199 | 1,116,135 | 14.9% | +2.1% |
| 147 | Länsi-Suomi | Finland | 1.89 | 3.2 | 2,624,932 | 1,392,461 | 10.4% | +3.8% |
| 148 | Bratislavský kraj | Slovakia | 1.89 | 3.6 | 1,385,585 | 732,757 | 59.5% | -11.7% |
| 149 | Lombardia | Italy | 1.86 | 4.5 | 18,635,765 | 10,012,054 | 64.8% | +6.4% |
| 150 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | Belgium | 1.85 | 5.7 | 1,676,388 | 904,311 | 45.7% | +18.1% |
| 151 | Noord-Brabant | Netherlands | 1.85 | 5.2 | 4,891,019 | 2,644,739 | 27.6% | +11.5% |
| 152 | Małopolskie | Poland | 1.85 | 4.7 | 6,143,895 | 3,318,985 | 30.8% | +9.8% |
| 153 | Grad Zagreb | Croatia | 1.84 | 3.4 | 1,419,929 | 772,122 | 80.7% | -2.3% |
| 154 | Flevoland | Netherlands | 1.84 | 6.6 | 829,944 | 450,826 | 33.2% | +25.5% |
| 155 | Severozápad | Czechia | 1.83 | 6.2 | 2,023,502 | 1,106,246 | 49.6% | +9.4% |
| 156 | Braunschweig | Germany | 1.83 | 4.1 | 2,907,631 | 1,592,700 | 13.5% | -1.6% |
| 157 | Warszawski stołeczny | Poland | 1.82 | 2.9 | 5,984,527 | 3,281,583 | 31.3% | +26.1% |
| 158 | Limousin | France | 1.8 | 3.5 | 1,310,533 | 729,585 | 16.9% | -1.2% |
| 159 | Köln | Germany | 1.77 | 3.2 | 7,938,318 | 4,478,118 | 30.1% | +2% |
| 160 | Marche | Italy | 1.77 | 7.1 | 2,625,956 | 1,482,746 | 18.2% | +8.6% |
| 161 | Eastern and Midland | Ireland | 1.76 | 5.8 | 4,642,785 | 2,633,710 | 70.4% | -11.9% |
| 162 | Thüringen | Germany | 1.74 | 3.8 | 3,682,969 | 2,114,870 | 6.7% | -4.1% |
| 163 | Zuid-Holland | Netherlands | 1.74 | 4.3 | 6,684,344 | 3,840,460 | 52.5% | — |
| 164 | Vzhodna Slovenija | Slovenia | 1.73 | 4.8 | 1,924,296 | 1,111,686 | 55.1% | +3.6% |
| 165 | Syddanmark | Denmark | 1.71 | 8.5 | 2,122,727 | 1,238,406 | 38.5% | +13.7% |
| 166 | Franche-Comté | France | 1.69 | 3.7 | 1,990,103 | 1,177,270 | 27.9% | -1.2% |
| 167 | Nordjylland | Denmark | 1.67 | 8.5 | 992,978 | 593,135 | 27.3% | +7.1% |
| 168 | Basilicata | Italy | 1.67 | 4.7 | 891,440 | 533,233 | 17.8% | -5.6% |
| 169 | Sostinės regionas | Lithuania | 1.66 | 3 | 1,444,001 | 868,251 | 61.5% | -10.4% |
| 170 | Pomorskie | Poland | 1.66 | 4.8 | 3,823,629 | 2,296,972 | 14.7% | +18.1% |
| 171 | Jihovýchod | Czechia | 1.64 | 3.3 | 2,867,738 | 1,744,709 | 24.2% | +4.6% |
| 172 | Niederösterreich | Austria | 1.61 | 3.8 | 2,766,615 | 1,723,723 | 32.6% | -6.5% |
| 173 | Dolnośląskie | Poland | 1.6 | 4 | 4,476,240 | 2,805,463 | 16.1% | +13.8% |
| 174 | Etelä-Suomi | Finland | 1.59 | 2.7 | 1,827,041 | 1,148,632 | 10.1% | -3% |
| 175 | Utrecht | Netherlands | 1.59 | 3.3 | 2,219,660 | 1,400,057 | 25.4% | — |
| 176 | Hannover | Germany | 1.58 | 3 | 3,345,048 | 2,123,401 | 15.3% | -1.5% |
| 177 | Lorraine | France | 1.57 | 3.2 | 3,632,896 | 2,316,815 | 33.2% | -5.4% |
| 178 | Sachsen-Anhalt | Germany | 1.55 | 3.4 | 3,317,699 | 2,144,570 | 7.8% | -5.8% |
| 179 | Attiki | Greece | 1.53 | 3.4 | 5,760,913 | 3,772,675 | 74.7% | +12.2% |
| 180 | Picardie | France | 1.53 | 3.4 | 2,923,830 | 1,913,870 | 26.3% | +7.3% |
| 181 | Stuttgart | Germany | 1.52 | 3.2 | 6,343,691 | 4,164,699 | 23.7% | -0.7% |
| 182 | Haute-Normandie | France | 1.5 | 2.9 | 2,800,712 | 1,864,558 | 25.5% | +1.7% |
| 183 | Dytiki Elláda | Greece | 1.47 | 3.7 | 938,163 | 638,468 | 52.2% | +16.3% |
| 184 | Groningen | Netherlands | 1.47 | 3.4 | 883,195 | 601,347 | 33.8% | +9.9% |
| 185 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | Germany | 1.45 | 3 | 3,012,275 | 2,070,896 | 18% | -0.8% |
| 186 | Castilla-La Mancha | Spain | 1.45 | 2.8 | 3,046,798 | 2,104,433 | 13.7% | +5.6% |
| 187 | Latvija | Latvia | 1.44 | 2.5 | 2,700,567 | 1,878,575 | 60.6% | -5.4% |
| 188 | Stredné Slovensko | Slovakia | 1.44 | 3.8 | 1,875,825 | 1,301,530 | 26.2% | -5.5% |
| 189 | Abruzzo | Italy | 1.43 | 5.7 | 1,809,684 | 1,269,571 | 15.1% | +10.1% |
| 190 | Közép-Dunántúl | Hungary | 1.42 | 3.8 | 1,499,876 | 1,057,303 | 23.8% | -0.8% |
| 191 | Centru | Romania | 1.41 | 2.7 | 3,217,058 | 2,288,061 | 14.3% | +2.5% |
| 192 | Düsseldorf | Germany | 1.38 | 2.4 | 7,224,023 | 5,238,909 | 29.3% | +0.9% |
| 193 | Dél-Dunántúl | Hungary | 1.33 | 3.2 | 1,133,435 | 852,420 | 20.2% | -4.9% |
| 194 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | Lithuania | 1.32 | 3 | 2,661,564 | 2,017,640 | 24.8% | +9.7% |
| 195 | Prov. Namur | Belgium | 1.31 | 3 | 665,844 | 508,358 | 34.6% | +14.7% |
| 196 | Puglia | Italy | 1.31 | 4.6 | 5,105,838 | 3,890,661 | 33.7% | +19.9% |
| 197 | Střední Morava | Czechia | 1.3 | 3.7 | 1,573,268 | 1,213,608 | 12.6% | +0.2% |
| 198 | Piemonte | Italy | 1.3 | 3.4 | 5,528,173 | 4,251,623 | 51.1% | +3.2% |
| 199 | Prov. Antwerpen | Belgium | 1.28 | 2.9 | 2,467,369 | 1,932,876 | 53% | +14.5% |
| 200 | Nordwestschweiz | Switzerland | 1.28 | 2.4 | 1,572,967 | 1,225,762 | 54% | +16.3% |
| 201 | Yuzhen tsentralen | Bulgaria | 1.27 | 2.9 | 1,655,651 | 1,304,630 | 15.3% | +30.7% |
| 202 | Sicilia | Italy | 1.21 | 3.6 | 5,801,463 | 4,797,359 | 50.1% | +13.3% |
| 203 | Región de Murcia | Spain | 1.19 | 3.6 | 1,859,465 | 1,568,492 | 35.3% | +10.8% |
| 204 | Nord-Pas de Calais | France | 1.19 | 2.2 | 4,829,930 | 4,069,970 | 26% | -1.5% |
| 205 | Arnsberg | Germany | 1.17 | 2.5 | 4,165,868 | 3,573,137 | 21.1% | +1.3% |
| 206 | Yugozapaden | Bulgaria | 1.16 | 2.5 | 2,343,521 | 2,019,167 | 47.6% | +4.8% |
| 207 | Península de Setúbal | Portugal | 1.14 | 3 | 949,200 | 834,599 | 37% | — |
| 208 | Kırıkkale, Aksaray, Niğde, Nevşehir, Kırşehir | Türkiye | 1.14 | 2.2 | 1,894,388 | 1,664,501 | 51.2% | -24.1% |
| 209 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | Belgium | 1.11 | 2 | 1,326,596 | 1,197,691 | 50.6% | -1.9% |
| 210 | Chemnitz | Germany | 1.11 | 2.7 | 1,551,715 | 1,396,049 | 6.2% | -12.2% |
| 211 | Észak-Magyarország | Hungary | 1.11 | 2.4 | 1,202,798 | 1,083,327 | 17.1% | -7.9% |
| 212 | Campania | Italy | 1.1 | 3.8 | 6,149,632 | 5,593,906 | 54.5% | -2.1% |
| 213 | Gießen | Germany | 1.09 | 2.2 | 1,138,201 | 1,041,453 | 11.6% | -3.2% |
| 214 | Prov. Liège | Belgium | 1.06 | 2.4 | 1,198,879 | 1,126,993 | 46.3% | +5.3% |
| 215 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | Poland | 1.06 | 2.7 | 1,375,977 | 1,294,712 | 6.8% | -0.1% |
| 216 | Saarland | Germany | 1.05 | 2.4 | 1,067,992 | 1,014,047 | 20.6% | -0.3% |
| 217 | Sud-Est | Romania | 0.98 | 2.8 | 2,293,267 | 2,345,172 | 3.5% | +20.9% |
| 218 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | Romania | 0.96 | 1.8 | 2,204,978 | 2,305,447 | 58.7% | -1.4% |
| 219 | Calabria | Italy | 0.95 | 4.4 | 1,750,079 | 1,838,568 | 19.7% | -7.7% |
| 220 | Střední Čechy | Czechia | 0.94 | 2.1 | 1,363,907 | 1,455,940 | 21.1% | +16.3% |
| 221 | Midtjylland | Denmark | 0.93 | 4.2 | 1,275,920 | 1,365,688 | 23.4% | +15% |
| 222 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | Belgium | 0.91 | 1.9 | 1,440,136 | 1,575,007 | 53.4% | +15.6% |
| 223 | Beogradski region | Serbia | 0.91 | 2.2 | 1,536,132 | 1,683,425 | 86% | — |
| 224 | Východné Slovensko | Slovakia | 0.91 | 2.4 | 1,445,798 | 1,587,883 | 26.7% | -4.7% |
| 225 | Detmold | Germany | 0.9 | 1.9 | 1,860,225 | 2,072,972 | 12.5% | -5% |
| 226 | Martinique | France | 0.88 | 3.4 | 317,368 | 360,227 | 14.6% | -8% |
| 227 | Moravskoslezsko | Czechia | 0.86 | 2.3 | 1,024,886 | 1,189,204 | 17.1% | +0.9% |
| 228 | Guadeloupe | France | 0.86 | 3.1 | 358,417 | 414,815 | 14.1% | +5.2% |
| 229 | Münster | Germany | 0.85 | 1.8 | 2,248,376 | 2,654,384 | 15.7% | +7.4% |
| 230 | La Réunion | France | 0.82 | 1.7 | 734,569 | 897,613 | 8% | -2.5% |
| 231 | Dél-Alföld | Hungary | 0.82 | 1.8 | 972,391 | 1,191,955 | 30.3% | +2.5% |
| 232 | Prov. Brabant wallon | Belgium | 0.81 | 1.4 | 337,122 | 415,265 | 48.3% | +9.1% |
| 233 | Ciudad de Ceuta | Spain | 0.81 | 1.6 | 67,015 | 83,179 | 36.9% | -12.2% |
| 234 | Region Sumadije i Zapadne Srbije | Serbia | 0.81 | 2.7 | 1,457,684 | 1,802,772 | 26.3% | — |
| 235 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | Croatia | 0.76 | 1.6 | 601,950 | 788,896 | 55.3% | +20.5% |
| 236 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | Poland | 0.76 | 2.4 | 1,477,212 | 1,931,648 | 5% | +8.7% |
| 237 | İzmir | Türkiye | 0.75 | 1.5 | 3,373,417 | 4,479,525 | 40.6% | -1.7% |
| 238 | Lubuskie | Poland | 0.74 | 1.5 | 699,992 | 947,784 | 22.9% | -2.9% |
| 239 | Nord-Vest | Romania | 0.74 | 1.5 | 1,891,141 | 2,539,784 | 12.4% | +7.8% |
| 240 | Sjælland | Denmark | 0.73 | 3.8 | 618,650 | 852,953 | 20.7% | +4.9% |
| 241 | Panonska Hrvatska | Croatia | 0.73 | 1.4 | 720,342 | 990,636 | 59.2% | +4.9% |
| 242 | Dytiki Makedonia | Greece | 0.7 | 1.4 | 171,798 | 246,524 | 12.9% | -1% |
| 243 | Severen tsentralen | Bulgaria | 0.69 | 1.2 | 472,210 | 680,359 | 18.8% | -10.2% |
| 244 | Ciudad de Melilla | Spain | 0.67 | 1.6 | 57,258 | 85,985 | 16.6% | -15.4% |
| 245 | Guyane | France | 0.66 | 1.4 | 194,082 | 296,151 | 10.3% | +5.7% |
| 246 | Észak-Alföld | Hungary | 0.66 | 1.8 | 924,192 | 1,398,574 | 33.9% | -9.6% |
| 247 | Śląskie | Poland | 0.64 | 1.5 | 2,712,878 | 4,217,521 | 13% | -6.6% |
| 248 | Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, Yalova | Türkiye | 0.64 | 1.2 | 2,694,250 | 4,240,456 | 15.9% | +16.2% |
| 249 | Lubelskie | Poland | 0.62 | 1.2 | 1,198,218 | 1,934,465 | 9.3% | +4.5% |
| 250 | Podkarpackie | Poland | 0.62 | 1.8 | 1,214,049 | 1,955,368 | 10.3% | -6.4% |
| 251 | Łódzkie | Poland | 0.61 | 1.1 | 1,421,010 | 2,327,239 | 11.7% | -0.2% |
| 252 | Świętokrzyskie | Poland | 0.6 | 1.8 | 669,835 | 1,123,153 | 6.1% | +2.1% |
| 253 | Pest | Hungary | 0.59 | 1.1 | 787,281 | 1,333,257 | 31.4% | +4.5% |
| 254 | Severna Makedonija | North Macedonia | 0.59 | 1.2 | 1,085,251 | 1,826,247 | 70.2% | +5.2% |
| 255 | Vest | Romania | 0.59 | 1.2 | 986,520 | 1,672,978 | 14.1% | -7.5% |
| 256 | Wielkopolskie | Poland | 0.58 | 1.1 | 1,993,394 | 3,438,504 | 17.1% | -6.6% |
| 257 | Severozapaden | Bulgaria | 0.57 | 1.1 | 379,054 | 664,024 | 11.6% | +33.4% |
| 258 | Podlaskie | Poland | 0.57 | 1.2 | 614,922 | 1,078,971 | 11% | -10.7% |
| 259 | Západné Slovensko | Slovakia | 0.57 | 1.8 | 1,023,803 | 1,802,517 | 31.4% | -14.4% |
| 260 | Bursa, Eskişehir, Bilecik | Türkiye | 0.55 | 0.9 | 2,417,739 | 4,358,047 | 19% | -5.8% |
| 261 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | Romania | 0.54 | 1.2 | 998,976 | 1,855,697 | 4.2% | +28% |
| 262 | Region Juzne i Istocne Srbije | Serbia | 0.52 | 1.6 | 715,998 | 1,389,365 | 27.6% | — |
| 263 | Prov. Hainaut | Belgium | 0.48 | 1 | 660,977 | 1,364,549 | 47.5% | +6.5% |
| 264 | Molise | Italy | 0.48 | 1.6 | 138,318 | 289,224 | 9.3% | +1.1% |
| 265 | Nord-Est | Romania | 0.47 | 0.9 | 1,507,613 | 3,226,814 | 8.9% | +13.4% |
| 266 | Adana, Mersin | Türkiye | 0.47 | 0.9 | 1,972,892 | 4,208,687 | 13.8% | -17.8% |
| 267 | Sud-Muntenia | Romania | 0.42 | 0.8 | 1,183,013 | 2,833,623 | 10.8% | +10.2% |
| 268 | Region Vojvodine | Serbia | 0.42 | 1.2 | 722,937 | 1,729,606 | 52.4% | — |
| 269 | Samsun, Tokat, Çorum, Amasya | Türkiye | 0.42 | 0.7 | 1,206,537 | 2,852,360 | 6.4% | +1.7% |
| 270 | Opolskie | Poland | 0.41 | 0.9 | 365,618 | 890,392 | 11.7% | -18.2% |
| 271 | Mazowiecki regionalny | Poland | 0.4 | 0.7 | 884,743 | 2,198,457 | 14.5% | +12.1% |
| 272 | Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Tunceli | Türkiye | 0.27 | 0.5 | 473,163 | 1,722,108 | 2.8% | -26.2% |
| 273 | Mayotte | France | 0.18 | 0.5 | 56,165 | 320,646 | 2.5% | +12.7% |
How this is calculated
Tourists per resident = arrivals at tourist accommodation establishments in 2024 (Eurostat tour_occ_arn2) divided by the population on 1 January 2024 (Eurostat demo_r_pjanaggr3). Nights per resident uses nights spent (tour_occ_nin2) over the same population, and is the measure Eurostat itself calls tourism intensity. Accommodation covers NACE classes I551–I553: hotels, holiday and other short-stay accommodation, and campsites. Geography is NUTS-2, Europe's standard statistical region. Regions are included only where all three figures are published for the same year; regions with zero recorded population, such as Svalbard and Jan Mayen, are excluded.
What this measure does not capture
- These figures count stays in registered tourist accommodation (hotels, short-stay rentals, campsites). They exclude day-trippers and cruise passengers entirely, so places whose pressure comes from day visitors — Venice and Dubrovnik above all — are understated here.
- Some accommodation booked through peer-to-peer platforms is not fully captured in national registers, which understates regions with large informal rental markets.
- These are regional averages. Pressure inside a region is rarely even: Veneto's figure is diluted across the whole region, while the crowding is concentrated in Venice's historic centre. Read a region's rank as the density of the whole area, not of its most famous town.
- The United Kingdom is not included: it stopped reporting regional tourism statistics to Eurostat after leaving the EU.
- Population is the resident population on 1 January 2024; arrivals and nights are full-year 2024.
Sources
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tour_occ_arn2— Arrivals, 2019 and 2024 -
tour_occ_nin2— Nights spent, 2019 and 2024 -
demo_r_pjanaggr3— Population on 1 January 2024