Camping growth in Europe, overnight stays up 28,5% since 2015

Overnight stays in campsites, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks in 2025 in the European Union totaled 413 million.

As he reported Eurostat, camping and caravanning made 13,4% of all overnight stays in tourist accommodation.

The number of nights spent in outdoor locations increased by 28,5% compared to 2015, while those in hotels, holiday homes and other short-term accommodation increased by 23,4% in the same period.

Around two-thirds of camping and caravanning overnight stays in 2025 (67,0%, or 277 million) were recorded in the summer months from June to August.

The number began to rise in March and reached peak in August with 118 million overnight stays, before falling to 40 million in September and 15 million in October, ending the year with almost 5 million overnight stays in December.

France recorded 154 million overnight stays in campsites and caravan parks in 2025, accounting for 37,2% of all overnight stays in these types of accommodation across the EU, according to Eurostat.

Spain had 49,8 million overnight stays, Italy 49,1 million, and Germany 45 million. In the other 10 countries in the bloc, overnight stays ranged from 26,8 million in the Netherlands to 7,1 million in Portugal. Croatia With more than 20 million overnight stays, it was behind the Netherlands and ahead of Sweden.

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According to the data Croatian tourist agency (eVisitor system), campsites continue to be one of the key pillars of Croatian tourism, with a share of around 23% of total tourist overnight stays.

Although the CNTB primarily communicates aggregated results at the level of total commercial accommodation in its annual publications, it is clear that the camping segment maintains stable demand and a significant contribution to total traffic, especially through individual travel and source markets such as Germany, Austria and Slovenia.

Trends further confirm the shift towards higher added value - an increase in the quality of the offer, mobile homes and glamping, which increasingly positions campsites as a premium, rather than exclusively volume segment of Croatian tourism.