Eurostat: 879 million tourism trips were made by EU nations’ citizens last year
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A complete of 879 million trips for tourism functions have been made by residents of the European Union nations in 2021, with not less than one in a single day keep, in keeping with the current report offered by the European Office for Statistics, Eurostat has revealed. As knowledgeable by a information report in Schengen Visa.
The figures talked about above reveal that the last year famous a 23 per cent enhance within the variety of tourism trips, in comparison with 2020 figures, throughout which year, 713 million trips were made.
Eurostat’s current report exhibits that the unfold of the Coronavirus and its new variants led to a shift in the direction of home tourism, stressing that last year and in 2020, citizens of European nations spent about 85 per cent of their tourism journeys inside their nation of residence, towards a complete of 73 per cent home trips registered within the pre-pandemic interval.
“In 2021, trips to other EU countries accounted for 12 per cent of all tourism trips (compared with 11 per cent in 2020 and 20 per cent in 2019). On the other hand, the number of trips with a destination outside the EU represented only 3 per cent of all tourism trips (compared with 3 per cent in 2020 and 8 per cent in 2019),” the assertion notes.
The report additionally notes that relating to evening spend, home trips are typically shorter in comparison with trips made overseas. In addition, the share of home tourism nights spent last year was 73 per cent, in comparison with 76 registered in 2020 and 58 within the pre-pandemic interval.
“Tourism statistics comprise trips for personal purposes as well as trips for professional purposes. In 2021, business trips accounted for 8 per cent of all reported trips (compared with 9 per cent in 2020 and 11 per cent in 2019),” the assertion reads.
In addition, last year, the variety of trips performed for private functions additionally marked a big enchancment, recovering by a complete of 80 per cent of the 2019 stage, or extra particularly, 811 million trips in comparison with 1.0 billion trips registered again in 2019. But the variety of trips for skilled functions didn’t make a big restoration, standing at 55 per cent of the pre-pandemic ranges.
Following the lifting of journey bans and different restrictions by authorities in EU nations, the tourism sector has marked notable enchancment, particularly throughout last year’s peak summer season season.
A earlier report by Eurostat revealed that 43 per cent of tourism nights spent in EU nations in 2021 were registered primarily in July and August.
The report additionally famous that the best variety of nights spent in 15 European Union zones was registered in October, together with well-known European nations reminiscent of Berlin, Rome and Paris.
In addition, in keeping with the figures offered by Eurostat, in July and August EU nations additionally welcomed numerous vacationers, thus additional contributing to the restoration of the tourism sector which has been profoundly affected by the COVID-related restrictions.
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