Turismo na Europa

Tourism grew rapidly in the latter part of the 20th century. However, this trend was briefly reversed from 2001 as concerns over terrorism attacks, health and safety epidemics, and natural disasters played a role in diminishing demand. The Internet has become an important factor within this area of the economy, as consumers increasingly make their own arrangements for travel and accommodation, often driven by significant discounts or alternatively by the opportunity to view a range of options for travel, accommodation and related activities before booking. A tourist is defined as a visitor who stays at least one night in collective or private accommodation. A night spent is defined as each night that a guest is registered to stay in a hotel or similar establishment. A breakdown of the nights spent in hotels is provided for residents and non-residents, the former are identified as having lived for most of the past year in a country/place, or having lived in that country/place for a shorter period and intending to return within a year to live there. Note that a significant proportion of tourism, using the definitions above, is accounted for by business customers (fonte: Eurostat)