Oct 4 (Reuters) – Quick-term rental lodging booked on-line within the European Union elevated above 2019 ranges every month from February 2022 onwards, the European Union’s statistic workplace mentioned on Tuesday.
Quick-stays booked on-line through Airbnb (ABNB.O), Reserving.com (BKNG.O), Tripadvisor (TRIP.O), and Expedia (EXPE.O) within the EU’s hottest vacation spot nations recovered virtually utterly above pre-pandemic ranges, the workplace mentioned, with the very best improve recorded in February and Might, up 10.9% and 5.6%, respectively, in comparison with 2019.
The tourism trade suffered an enormous blow in 2020 on account of lockdowns and journey restrictions geared toward curbing the unfold of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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France had probably the most substantial improve — among the many 9 EU nations with greater than 10 million nights spent in 2019 — with a progress of 31% from 2019 ranges.
Alternatively, Italy and Austria’s progress was extra restricted, but inside attain of their pre-pandemic ranges, the statistics workplace mentioned.
In comparison with figures from the primary half of 2021, short-term rental lodging bookings totalled virtually 200 million nights in 2022, up about 138%, in line with Eurostat.
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Reporting by Dina Kartit, edited by Frank Jack Daniel
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