Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes - number of tourists

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for persons participating in tourism for personal purposes was 188,318,376 .

That is a 1.7% rose versus 2023 (185,220,958).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 2.7% higher.

Across member states, Germany reported the highest value (54,327,675, 2024) and Malta the lowest (127,885, 2024) — a ratio of 424.8× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tin00185; every value links back to the canonical source.