In the first half of this year, there were 1,321 million overnight stays in tourist accommodations across the EU, a 1.7 percent increase compared with the first six months of 2025, (1,299 million). 

In 2025, 31.1 percent of all overnight stays in tourist accommodations across the EU took place during the two busiest months; in all EU countries these were August and July. The seasonality of tourism is driven by environmental factors, such as climate conditions and geographical location, together with social and cultural influences, such as school holidays.

In the first quarter of 2026, there were 471.1 million overnight stays in tourist accommodations across the EU, marking an increase of 3.4 percent compared with the same quarter of 2025. January recorded 143.5 million nights (+3.2 percent compared with January 2025), February 154.4 million (+3.4 percent) and March 173.2 million (+3.7 percent).

In 2024, in the EU, 52.9 percent of enterprises with 10 or more employees conducted meetings remotely via the internet. With a 2.9 percentage points (pp) increase from 2022, this indicates that the changes implemented in work models during the COVID-19 pandemic might be here to stay. 

In 2024, 93 percent of people aged 16-74 in the EU reported that they had used the internet during the previous three months. Internet use has grown consistently in the EU, with the share of users increasing by seven percentage points (pp), up from 86 percent in 2019.