One in seven businesses belong to the tourism industries

This article presents recent statistics on the tourism industries in the European Union (EU). While tourism statistics traditionally focus on either the accommodation sector or the demand side (from a household perspective), and relate mainly to physical flows (arrivals or nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments or trips made by residents of a country), this analysis is based on economic data extracted from other areas of official statistics, in particular structural business statistics (SBS) and short-term business statistics (STS). Thus a more complete economic picture can be drawn of this sector, which is an important motor for many countries’ economies and labour markets.