The total number of bed nights in popular European city destinations increased significantly in 2022 over the previous year, following a sharp drop with the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Overall, London topped the ranking both before and after the impact of the health crisis, with roughly 59.1 million bed nights in 2022. While this figure more than doubled compared to 2021, it remained below pre-pandemic levels. Meanwhile, the number of international tourist visits to London totaled around 16 million in 2022.
figures include domestic and international bed nights in all paid forms of accommodation establishments
Supplementary notes
¹ According to the source, these cities have different definitions and data rectifications.
² 2019 data for Milan and 2020 data for Lisbon were not available.
The ranking is from City Destinations Alliance's CityDNA Benchmarking Report based on total bed nights from Europe's main source markets (United States, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, China, and Japan).
Cities are ranked according to the number of bed nights recorded in 2022. Figures have been rounded. Data prior to 2022 were previously published by the source.
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City Destinations Alliance. (July 17, 2023). Leading city tourism destinations in Europe from 2019 to 2022, by number of bed nights (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/314340/leading-european-city-tourism-destinations-by-number-of-bednights/
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