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Table of Contents
Tourism statistics in theEuropean Statistical System2008 data
Table of contents
Preface
I. Introduction
II. Data sources and availability
III. Participation in tourism
III.1 More than half of the people living in the European Union go on holidays
III.2 More than one in three households in the EU can't afford to go onholidays
III.3 In all European countries, except Estonia, the highest participation intourism is recorded in the third quarter
III.4 Seasonality tends to be more of a decisive factor for people who makeholiday trips of at least four overnight stays
IV. Tourism trips
IV.1 Residents of the European Union make more than 1 billion holiday tripsper year
IV.2 Short breaks have been the fastest growing segment over the pastdecade
IV.3 With a total of nearly 6 billion holiday nights, the average length ofholiday trips is just under 6 nights
IV.4 The European Union is an attractive destination for its citizens
IV.5 Spain is the most popular foreign destination for residents of theEuropean Union
IV.6 Daily tourist expenditure of European tourists is on average 69 euro
IV.7 Nearly half of the long holiday trips take place between July andSeptember
IV.8 For one in four long holiday trips people travel to their destination by air
IV.9 Holiday trips are often spent at non-rented accommodation facilities
V. Accommodation statistics
V.1 Number of nights spent has risen by 564 million since 1995 to stand at2.3 billion in 2008
V.2 Italy and Spain account for nearly one third of the guest nights spent inthe EU
V.3 Tourists from outside the EU represent less than ten percent of the guestnights in collective accommodation in the Union
V.4 The top 20 regions account for more than 35% of all tourism nights spentin the European Union
V.5 The summer months of July and August account for nearly one in threenights spent in collective accommodation throughout the year
VI. Employment
VI.1 The tourist accommodation sector in the EU employs 2.3 million people
VI.2 Tourist accommodation is a source of jobs for certain at-risk groups onthe European labour market
VII. Balance of payments
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