Cyprus ranks third in EU for tourist nights per resident in 2025

Cyprus recorded the third-highest tourism intensity in the EU in 2025, with an average of 19.4 nights spent in tourist accommodation per resident, according to Eurostat. The island ranked behind Croatia at 24.5 nights per inhabitant and Malta at 21.7, with Greece following at 15.1 and Austria at 14.6. The EU average stood at 7.0 nights per resident, up from 6.7 in 2024, while Romania recorded the lowest figure at 1.6. Across the bloc, 3.1 billion nights were spent in tourist accommodation establishments in 2025, up 4.1 per cent from 3.0 billion in 2024 and 26.5 per cent more than the 2.5 billion nights recorded in 2015.