Bulgaria registered an 18.3% increase in the number of nights spent in its hotels in 2011, the second largest increase among EU member states, according to Eurostat's latest data.
The Balkan country also saw the largest increase in the number of nights spent in itshotels by non-residents (+19.5%).
The largest increase in the total number of nights spent in hotels was recorded in Lithuania (+19.8%), while Estonia and Latvia observed growths of 14.6% and 14.1% respectively. The smallest increases were registered in the United Kingdom (+0.5%), Austria (+0.6%) and Malta (+0.7%).
Among the Member States for which data are available, the highest numbers of nights spent in hotels in 2011 were recorded in Spain (288 million nights, +7.8% compared with 2010), Italy (249 mn, -1.2%), Germany (241 mn, +5.4%), France (202 mn, +3.0%) and the United Kingdom (166 mn, +0.5%). These five Member States accounted for 70% of the total number of hotel nights spent in the EU27.
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