Slight decrease in nights spent in hotels in 2008 – Tourism in Europe: First results for 2008

This edition of 'Statistics in Focus' presents the first results for the 2007-2008 evolution of tourism in Europe. The publication copies the information included in the annual 'Data in Focus' discussing the first results for the previous year, but also analyses the main observations in the context of the economic and financial crisis that started in the course of 2008. While the focus is on the evolution of the number of nights spent in hotels and similar establishments, the paper also looks at the evolutions from another point of view, namely the holiday trips made by EU residents and air passenger transport.