Between October and December 2025, guests spent 172.3 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the EU, booked through Airbnb, Booking or Expedia.

On March 12, MEPs gave the green light to revised rules on package travel, enhancing protection for holidaymakers by drawing lessons from the pandemic and high-profile bankruptcies.

In 2024, the total number of passengers travelling by air in the EU was 1.1 billion, an increase of 8.3 percent compared with 2023 (973 million). 

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.

In 2023, there were 6.3 million commercial flights in the EU. The number of flights remained below pre-pandemic levels in 2019 (7.0 million). 

From earthquakes to excessive floods, extreme and unpredictable natural hazards impact every country around the world. To combat the effects of climate change and the vast rise in natural disasters over the past 50 years, nearly 200 countries agreed to the ‘Glasgow Climate Pact’ at the 26th global United Nations climate summit (COP26) in November 2021.

Arrivals from Europe to the GCC will increase by 17 percent by 2020, according to the latest data published by Arabian Travel Market (ATM).