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Short-term rentals in Europe broke a record

The European Statistical Office (Eurostat) published accommodation data on short-term rentals other than hotels through online platforms in the second quarter of 2023 in EU countries. According to the data, in the second quarter, stays at short-term rentals booked through Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor increased by 15.8 percent compared to the previous year, reaching approximately 153 million nights. Thus, in the said period, new monthly records were broken in short-term accommodations through platforms, exceeding the levels before the Covid-19 outbreak. Accommodations made through online platforms increased by 19.5 percent to 46.7 million in April, 22.6 percent to 47.6 million in May, and 8.4 percent to 58.7 million in June, compared to the same period last year. In the first half of this year, short-term rentals via platforms increased by 18.8 percent compared to the first half of last year, reaching 237 million nights, exceeding the data of 2019, before Covid-19, by 22.6 percent. On the other hand, tourism in EU countries came to a halt in 2020 due to the Covid-19 epidemic and the strict measures implemented.

Tourism in Europe exceeded pre-Covid-19 levels

The European Statistical Office (Eurostat) published nightly tourist accommodation data in EU member countries in the first half of 2023. Accordingly, the EU tourism sector, which was negatively affected by the epidemic, recovered this year. In the first half of this year, the number of accommodations in tourist facilities in EU countries reached the highest level in the first half of the last 10 years. The number of overnight stays in tourist facilities, which was 1 billion 182 million in the first 6 months of 2019, the pre-pandemic period, reached 1 billion 193 million in the same period of 2023. Thus, the total number of overnight stays in tourist facilities in EU countries in the first half of this year was 11 million more than the 2019 period before the epidemic. In the first 6 months of this year, overnight stays increased by 12.9 percent compared to last year. On the other hand, tourism in EU countries came to a halt in 2020 due to the Covid-19 epidemic and the strict measures implemented.

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Short-term rentals in Europe broke a record

Tourism in Europe exceeded pre-Covid-19 levels