- Foreign tourist arrivals and nights exceed 2019 levels in the first quarter of 2024.
- Recovery is steady but uneven across regions and source markets due to ongoing risks.
- Sporting events, high travel demand and inflation to drive tourist expenditure to record levels.
Europe’s tourism industry is experiencing a robust recovery in the first months of 2024. Based on data from reporting destinations, foreign arrivals (+7.2%) and overnights (+6.5%) in the first quarter of the year surpassed 2019 figures. This continues the upward trend observed in 2023, which recorded foreign arrivals 1.2% below 2019 levels, and nights just 0.2% below. The…
