A person using a tablet to book a room through an online platform.

Between July and September 2025, guests spent 398.1 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the EU, booked through Airbnb, Booking or Expedia. The total number of guest nights in the third quarter of 2025 increased by 8.7% compared with the same quarter of 2024, and by 28.2% compared with the third quarter of 2023. 

The largest monthly increase was recorded in July, with a 10.0% rise compared with the previous year, while August and September each registered an 8.0% growth rate.

Guest nights booked via online collaborative platforms in the EU, 2023-2025 (nights spent in short-stay accommodation, in millions). Chart. See link to the full dataset below.

Source dataset: tour_ce_omr

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

Andalucia was the most popular region 

The most popular regions for short-term rental accommodation booked via online platforms in the second quarter of 2025 were Andalucia (13.3 million nights) in Spain, Jadranska Hrvatska (9.6 million) in Croatia and Ile de France (9.0 million) in France. 

The 20 most popular tourist regions were all located in just 5 EU countries: 6 regions were in Spain and 6 in France, 5 in Italy, 2 in Portugal, and 1 in Croatia.  

Source dataset: tour_ce_omn12