In 2023, London was the leading European city tourism destination based on the number of bed nights. That year, bed nights in the United Kingdom's capital exceeded 78 million, denoting a sharp annual increase but not fully recovering yet from the impact of COVID-19. Meanwhile, Paris and Istanbul followed in the ranking in 2023, with roughly 52 million and nearly 30 million bed nights.
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.
Cities are ranked based on the number of bed nights recorded in 2023. Figures have been rounded.
Blanks indicate unavailable data. Figures prior to 2023 were previously published by the source. 2019 and 2022 data for Copenhagen were calculated by Statista based on the percentage changes provided by the source.
The ranking is from City Destinations Alliance's CityDNA Benchmarking Report based on total bed nights from the following markets: United States, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, China, and Japan.
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