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Short-term rental stays across the EU rise 9.7% in first quarter
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEurope: Short-term rental stays across the European Union increased by 9.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2026, according to the latest data from Eurostat.
Budapest district votes to ban STRs in referendum
Reading Time: 2 minutesHungary: Residents in Terézváros, the District VI of Budapest, have narrowly voted to ban short-term rentals in the district in a referendum.
Eurostat: Bookings via OTAs rise by 28.3 per cent in Q1 2024
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: During the first quarter of 2024, guests spent 123.7 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the European Union, booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor, according to the EU’s statistical agency Eurostat.
Eurostat: 678.6m nights spent in STRs via OTAs in 2023
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Guests spent 678.6 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the European Union [EU] booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor in 2023, according to the EU’s statistical agency Eurostat.
Eurostat: Online booking platforms grew in Q3 2023
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: During the third quarter of 2023, guests spent 309.4 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the European Union [EU], booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor, according to the EU’s statistical agency Eurostat.
Eurostat: Online booking platforms continued growth in Q2
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Guests spent almost 153 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the European Union in the second quarter of 2023, booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor, according to the EU’s statistical agency Eurostat.
Eurostat: Uneven EU growth in platform tourism in Q1
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Regional data for 2022 on guest nights spent in short-term rental accommodation booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor shows that the overall growth of platform tourism since pre-pandemic times is spread unevenly across Europe.
2022 EU nights booked on online platforms top 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: In Q4 2022, guests spent around 97 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the EU, booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor, according to Eurostat.
European Commission STR data-sharing proposal to “enhance transparency”
Reading Time: 5 minutesEurope: As anticipated, the European Commission has adopted a proposal for regulation that is designed to “enhance transparency” and “help public authorities ensure the balanced development” of a sustainable tourism sector.
European Commission set to propose data-sharing rules for STR platforms
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: The European Commission is set to introduce a proposal next week that would require the major short-term rental booking platforms to provide data on the number of users using their services and on the total nights they stay in listings to national authorities.