site.btaGuest Nights in EU Booked Online Continue Solid Growth - Eurostat

In the second quarter of 2025, guests spent 245.9 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the EU, booked via Airbnb, Booking or Expedia. As the first quarter of the year already indicated, 2025 is looking like a promising year for tourism. The total number of guest nights in the second quarter of 2025 increased by 17.8% compared with the same quarter of 2024 and by 36.8% compared with the second quarter of 2023.

In Bulgaria, the largest number of guest night bookings via online platforms in the first quarter of 2025 originated from the Southwestern Planning Region, which includes the country’s capital and most populous city, Sofia (565,673), followed by the South Central Region (134,673), the Northeastern Region (54,126), the Southeastern Region (40,021), the North Central Region (28,091), and the Northwestern Region (10,239).