Persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by age group - number of tourists

In 2024, the EU-27 figure for persons participating in tourism for personal purposes by age group was 34,851,611 .

That is a 3.4% rose versus 2023 (33,694,846).

Over the five years before that, the EU-27 aggregate moved 0.5% higher.

Across member states, Germany reported the highest value (6,817,549, 2024) and Malta the lowest (36,166, 2024) — a ratio of 188.5× between the two ends of the range.

The figures below come from Eurostat dataset tin00187; every value links back to the canonical source.