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Tourism nights booked online in the EU up by 34 per cent in 2021
Reading Time: 3 minutesEurope: Eurostat has revealed that the number of nights in short-term rental accommodation booked online in the EU rose by 34 per cent in 2021 to 364 million nights.
Short Stay Summit 2022 preview: Simon Bley, Eurostat
Reading Time: 4 minutesEurope: Eurostat’s Simon Bley discusses the team’s collaborative economy project and how it is collaborating with short-term rental companies.
Eurostat: Tourism nights booked online fall by 47 per cent in 2020
Reading Time: 3 minutesEurope: The latest data released by Eurostat, the statistical agency of the European Union [EU], revealed that nights booked online in short-term rental accommodation dropped by 47 per cent in 2020 compared to 2019, as the pandemic took hold on the travel industry. According to Eurostat, guests spent close to 272 million nights in short-term […]
Eurobarometer survey shows need to consider impacts on communities
Reading Time: 2 minutesEurope: Short-term rentals improve the attractiveness of tourism service offerings in the European Union [EU] although the impacts on their wider communities will need to be considered, according to a recent survey on the segment published by Eurobarometer. The survey, conducted in September across the continent, maintains that, in order to ensure the future development […]
Eurostat releases first key data on European rental sector
Reading Time: 3 minutesEurope: Eurostat, the statistical agency of the European Union [EU], has published the first key data on short-term accommodation booked via four of the most prominent online travel agencies [OTAs]. The statistics, which are being regularly updated by Eurostat, cover national, regional and city-level data on the number of stays booked and the number of […]
Airbnb signs data-sharing partnership with European Commission
Reading Time: < 1 minuteEurope: Airbnb has announced it has signed a landmark data-sharing partnership with Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Commission. As a result, public authorities in Europe will soon have access to independently published data on short-term rentals on Airbnb and other platforms. In a statement, the European Commission said: “The agreement will for the […]