Monthly change in tourist arrivals in Europe 2022

With the onset of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the number of international tourist arrivals in Europe decreased by 87 percent in April 2020 over the previous year. This situation gradually improved in the following two years, with the volume of inbound arrivals in Western European countries slightly surpassing pre-pandemic levels in July and August 2022. When focusing on the whole region, inbound tourist arrivals in Europe were 15 percent lower in September 2022 than in 2019.

Change in monthly international tourist arrivals in Europe from January 2020 to September 2022, by region

Characteristic	Europe total	Central/Eastern Europe	Northern Europe	Southern/Mediterranean Europe	Western Europe
Jan 2020	5%	-5%	10%	9%	5%
Feb 2020	8%	-8%	10%	4%	22%
Mar 2020	-59%	-42%	-55%	-69%	-61%
Apr 2020	-87%	-95%	-96%	-71%	-99%
May 2020	-86%	-95%	-96%	-74%	-98%
Jun 2020	-88%	-91%	-92%	-89%	-81%
Jul 2020	-65%	-72%	-79%	-73%	-42%
Aug 2020	-61%	-71%	-73%	-65%	-42%
Sep 2020	-69%	-73%	-77%	-69%	-63%
Oct 2020	-76%	-79%	-82%	-72%	-78%
Nov 2020	-84%	-80%	-87%	-81%	-89%
Dec 2020	-84%	-81%	-88%	-80%	-87%
Jan 2021	-84%	-80%	-93%	-81%	-88%
Feb 2021	-85%	-79%	-93%	-83%	-89%
Mar 2021	-85%	-79%	-93%	-83%	-88%
Apr 2021	-87%	-79%	-94%	-87%	-90%
May 2021	-82%	-78%	-92%	-81%	-85%
Jun 2021	-74%	-73%	-88%	-68%	-79%
Jul 2021	-49%	-56%	-74%	-46%	-39%
Aug 2021	-40%	-53%	-61%	-36%	-30%
Sep 2021	-41%	-52%	-56%	-38%	-35%
Oct 2021	-35%	-52%	-55%	-29%	-26%
Nov 2021	-40%	-54%	-49%	-29%	-39%
Dec 2021	-46%	-57%	-60%	-34%	-44%
Jan 2022	-47%	-53%	-65%	-37%	-46%
Feb 2022	-35%	-48%	-47%	-23%	-35%
Mar 2022	-33%	-48%	-34%	-26%	-31%
Apr 2022	-24%	-47%	-23%	-17%	-17%
May 2022	-19%	-44%	-17%	-14%	-9%
Jun 2022	-16%	-42%	-13%	-12%	-7%
Jul 2022	-9%	-39%	-7%	-7%	4%
Aug 2022	-10%	-36%	-4%	-9%	2%
Sep 2022	-15%	-37%	-9%	-10%	-11%