Tourism capacity, expenditure and seasonality in Europe by urban-rural typology and remoteness
Tourism is an important activity contributing to employment and economic growth.
In 2018 the total number of nights spent by tourists was roughly three times more in urban and areas close to a city than in rural and remote areas.
Tourists prefer summer months than winter ones. Seasonality peaks in rural remote areas is mainly linked to mountain and nature tourism.
tourism expenditures amounted a total of 455,026 million euro. Domestic tourism was the most important component for urban regions and regions close to cities, while rural remote regions attracted EU and extra EU tourists.
Tourism capacity in rural areas has already considerable capacity to accommodate visitors in certain regions (France, italy, Spain, etc.). Austrian rural regions are models of mountain and nature tourism.
Tourism can act as “engine” of regional/local development especially if several economic sectors are developed at the same time and provide a diversification of business and income opportunities
RIBEIRO BARRANCO Ricardo;
PROIETTI Paola;
BATISTA E SILVA Filipe;
PERPIÑA CASTILLO Carolina;
LAVALLE Carlo;
2021-05-11
European Commission
JRC124459
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC124459,
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