Between January and March 2026, guests spent 144.3 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the EU, booked through Airbnb, Booking or Expedia. The total number of guest nights in the first quarter of 2026 increased by 9.7% compared with the same quarter of 2025, but went up 16.6% compared with the same quarter of 2024.
This information comes from monthly data on short-stay accommodation offered via online platforms. Today, Eurostat published the data for the first quarter of 2026 at the national level and for the fourth quarter of 2025 at the regional level.
This news article presents several highlights from the more detailed Statistics Explained article. For a more in-depth analysis of the full year 2025, please also refer to the Statistics Explained article with annual data.
Source dataset: tour_ce_omr
Andalucia was the most popular region in Q4 2025
The most popular regions for short-term rental accommodation booked via online platforms in the last quarter of 2025 were Andalucia (9.9 million nights) and the Canarias (8.2 million) in Spain and Ile-de-France (7.2 million) in France.
The 10 most popular tourist regions were all located in just 3 EU countries: 5 in Spain, 3 in France and 2 in Italy.
Source dataset: tour_ce_omn12