July and August account for one third of all annual nights spent in accommodation establishments in the EU

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Industry, trade and services
Population and social conditions
Tourism
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• Publié par: EUROPEAN-COMMISSION-EUROSTAT
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Industry, trade and services Population and social conditions Author: Christophe DEMUNTER

S t a t i s t i c s i n f o c u s 53/2010

July and August account for one third of all annual nights spent in accommodation establishments in the EU A look at the seasonal bias in the tourism accommodation sector in 2009 In June 2010, the European Commission This publication focuses on the tourist released a Communication entitled‘Europe, the accommodation sector and looks at the seasonality world’s No 1 tourist destination — a new political of arrivals and nights spent in accommodation framework for tourism in Europe’. One of the establishments and of the employment in this challenges and opportunities facing the tourism industry. The analysis from the point of European tourism industry is the seasonal view of the supply side complements Statistics in distribution of demand for tourism. Better use Focus 54/2010 in which the seasonal bias in of existing tourist infrastructure and staff in the tourism demand is discussed. low season could help businesses improve their The tourist accommodation sector experiences productivity and benefit from a more stable and strong seasonal fluctuations. Nearly one in three motivated workforce. Extending the tourism nights spent in tourist accommodation season or spreading tourism activities more establishments during 2009 was recorded in July or evenly throughout the year can significantly August. However, the number of persons employed boost the sustainability and competitiveness of in this industry appears to vary less. European tourist destinations.

Figure 1: Monthly distribution of the total number of arrivals and nights spent in collective tourist accommodation, 2009, EU27

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Source: Eurostat (tour_occ_arm,tour_occ_nim)

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