Between July and September 2025, guests spent 398.1 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the EU, booked through Airbnb, Booking or Expedia. The total number of guest nights in the third quarter of 2025 increased by 8.7% compared with the same quarter of 2024, and by 28.2% compared with the third quarter of 2023.
The largest monthly increase was recorded in July, with a 10.0% rise compared with the previous year, while August and September each registered an 8.0% growth rate.
Source dataset: tour_ce_omr
This information comes from monthly data on short-stay accommodation offered via online platforms. Eurostat has published the data for the third quarter of 2025 at the national level and the second quarter of 2025 at the regional level.
This news article presents several highlights from the more detailed Statistics Explained article. For a more in-depth analysis, please also refer to the Statistics Explained article with annual data.
Andalucia was the most popular region
The most popular regions for short-term rental accommodation booked via online platforms in the second quarter of 2025 were Andalucia (13.3 million nights) in Spain, Jadranska Hrvatska (9.6 million) in Croatia and Ile de France (9.0 million) in France.
The 20 most popular tourist regions were all located in just 5 EU countries: 6 regions were in Spain and 6 in France, 5 in Italy, 2 in Portugal, and 1 in Croatia.
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/4187653/22780766/short-stay-platforms-april-june-2025.html/1b0dd35c-2d5a-47f9-1b05-a7e4b8611f43?t=1766416064091
Source dataset: tour_ce_omn12
For more information
- Statistics Explained article on short-stay accommodation offered via online collaborative economy platforms – monthly data
- Statistics Explained article on short-stay accommodation offered via online collaborative economy platforms – annual data
- Experimental statistics thematic section on short-stay accommodation offered via online collaborative economy platforms
- Thematic section on tourism
- Database on tourism
- Webinar on tourism statistics
- Podcast on experimental statistics
- Tourism nights visualisation tool
Methodological note
- Regional data are presented at level 2 of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS 2).
- Tripadvisor, which contributed to this dataset, publicly announced its exit from this line of business in late 2024 and no longer contributes data going forward.
