This is after the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic triggering the seasonal bias to become even more noticeable in 2020. It is below 3% of the total yearly nights spent during April and May that particular year. Then again, 24% of the total nights were spent in August, which is the top month.
In 2020, the pandemic brought in an excess of 50% drop in both comings and nights spent at EU tourist lodging establishments, compared to 2019. In 2021, in spite of upsurges of over 25% compared to 2020, the figures of influxes (-42%) and nights spent (-37%) still failed to touch the levels of 2019.
Regardless of the huge concentration of entrances and overnight stays in the course of the summer months of 2020, the waning in total figures was significant compared to 2019, while there were strong indications of retrieval in 2021.
Throughout the two summer months of July and August, 782 million nights were spent in EU visitor lodging establishments in 2021. This is an increase from 2020 (610 million nights; +28%). However, it is still down from before the pandemic in 2019 (926 million nights; -16%).
An analysis by lodging type discloses that in 2021, seasonal variations were less conspicuous for hotels compared to other tourist establishments.
