In 2017, EU residents made 1.3 billion trips with overnight stays that amounted to almost 6.4 billion nights, according to Eurostat, the statistical service of the EU.
The average trip length was 5.1 nights. Compared with 2016, the number of tourism trips by EU residents increased by 4%. Three quarters (73%) of all trips were spent within the country of residence (domestic trips), while one quarter (27%) were abroad (outbound trips), of which 21% to other EU countries and 6% to destinations outside the EU.
The most common means of transport for trips was private or rented motor vehicles (predominantly cars) (64%), followed by airplanes (17%), trains (11%), buses (6%) and water vessels (2%).
Airplanes served as the main means of transport for over half of outbound trips (56%), while for domestic trips EU residents travelled mainly by motor vehicles (76%), followed by rail (13%).
Most of the travel by air was for personal reasons (82%), while the remaining 18% of air trips were for professional purposes.
Cyprus residents made in 2017 2,799 million trips (for business and holiday), 49.8% domestic and 50.2% outbound with an average duration of 6.4 nights. Out of these trips 49.8% were by land 49.4% by air and 0.8% by water
CNA – Athanasios Athanasiou – Finland/Helsinki 27/06/2019 20:08
