EU tourism fully recovered from pandemic in 2022, data shows
Hindustan TimesNights spent in tourist accommodation establishments in the European Union reached 96% of their pre-pandemic levels in 2022, demonstrating a near full recovery from the COVID-19 lockdown that slashed the bloc's tourism industry in 2020, Eurostat data showed on Tuesday. Following recovery from the subprime crisis, tourism in the EU grew sustainability between 2009 and 2019 before it became one of the most affected sectors hit by COVID in 2020. International guests, from EU as well as non-EU countries, led the way with 53% more nights spent, while domestic trips increased by 30% compared with 2021 levels. "France, Italy and Germany each recorded more than 400 million nights spent in 2022", Eurostat said, adding that "these four countries accounted for more than six out of ten nights spent in the EU in 2022". Recovery, however, was unequal, as countries like "Latvia and Slovakia still faced the biggest gap to bridge, reaching less than 75% of 2019 levels", while France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark were already fully recovered.
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