This year appears promising, as the total number of guest nights increased by 4.8 percent compared with 2024 and by as much as 34.5 percent compared with 2023. 

Nights spent in short-stay accommodation increased by 16.3 percent in January this year and 11.6 percent in February compared with the same months of 2024. On the other hand, data show an 8.6 percent decrease in March this year compared with March 2024, mostly due to the Easter holidays, which took place in April this year and March 2024. Strong results in the first two months helped offset the seasonal decline observed in March. 

This information comes from monthly data on short-stay accommodation offered via online platforms. Today, Eurostat published the data for the first quarter of 2025 at the national level and the fourth quarter of 2024 at the regional level. 

This news article presents several highlights from the more detailed Statistics Explained article. For a more in-depth analysis, please also refer to the Statistics Explained article with annual data.

Top destination in the autumn of 2024: Andalucía

The most popular regions for short-term rental accommodation booked via online platforms in the last quarter of 2024 were Andalucía (8.7 million nights) and Canarias (7.6 million) in Spain and Île-de-France in France (7.2 million). 

In the same quarter, among the top 20 regions, five were located in Spain and another five in Italy, four were in France, two in Portugal, and one region each in Hungary, Poland, Greece and Austria.