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Germany Tourism Statistics for November 2026
International guests made 37.2 million arrivals at German accommodation in 2025 and spent 83.6 million nights there — down 0.8% and 2.0% on 2024, when the European Football Championship drew extra visitors — and international travel receipts were €37.8 billion. Arrivals in January–August 2026 were 2.0% higher than a year earlier. The Netherlands is the largest market, with 11.7 million overnight stays in 2025.
How many people visit Germany, where they come from, what they spend and where they stay — the latest official figures, compiled from official statistics, with full sources listed at the bottom of the page. Headline numbers are for 2025, the most recent full year, with 2026 year-to-date where available. Germany counts visitors when they check in at hotels, holiday accommodation, campsites and other establishments with at least 10 beds, so an arrival is a check-in rather than a unique visitor — see the methodology.
Inbound visitors
International visitors to Germany
Guests from abroad made 37.2 million arrivals at German accommodation in 2025, 0.8% fewer than in 2024, when the European Football Championship in June and July drew extra visitors — and about 6% below the 2019 peak of 39.6 million. Arrivals in January–August 2026 were 2.0% ahead of the same months of 2025.
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| Period | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 39.6m | pre-pandemic peak |
| 2020 | 12.4m | pandemic |
| 2021 | 11.7m | pandemic |
| 2022 | 28.5m | |
| 2023 | 34.8m | |
| 2024 | 37.5m | Euro 2024 |
| 2025 | 37.2m |
Arrivals of guests resident abroad at accommodation with 10+ beds (campsites with 10+ pitches); a guest who stays at several establishments is counted at each one. Overnight stays by international guests: 89.9 million in 2019, 85.3 million in 2024 and 83.6 million in 2025 (−2.0%). 2026 so far: 25.5 million arrivals and 57.0 million overnight stays in January–August (+2.0% and +1.0%, provisional).
Visitor spending
What international visitors spend
International visitors spent €37.8 billion in Germany in 2025, according to the balance-of-payments travel receipts — 0.6% less than the €38.0 billion of 2024, and 1.1% above 2019 in cash terms. Receipts in January–August 2026 were €26.0 billion, 3.6% ahead of the same months of 2025. Figures are nominal.
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| Period | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | €37.3bn | pre-pandemic |
| 2020 | €19.4bn | pandemic |
| 2021 | €18.8bn | pandemic |
| 2022 | €29.8bn | |
| 2023 | €35.0bn | |
| 2024 | €38.0bn | |
| 2025 | €37.8bn |
Travel receipts cover what non-resident business and leisure travellers spend while in Germany; international fares are recorded separately under transport. 2026 so far: €26.0bn in January–August, the sum of the provisional monthly figures (+3.6%).
Source markets
Where Germany's visitors come from
The Netherlands is by far the largest market, with 11.7 million overnight stays in 2025 — about one in seven nights spent by international guests — ahead of the United States and Switzerland. Overnight stays by UK residents fell 11.7% in 2025. Bars show 2025 overnight stays; the muted figure is that market’s arrivals.
Seasonality
When they visit
Summer is the peak: the July–September quarter brought a third of international guests’ overnight stays in 2025, and July (10.4 million nights) was nearly two and a half times as busy as January (4.2 million).
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| Period | Value | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 | 14.4m | Jan–Mar |
| Q2 | 21.6m | Apr–Jun |
| Q3 | 27.7m | Jul–Sep |
| Q4 | 19.4m | Oct–Dec |
Quarterly totals aggregated from the official monthly series of overnight stays by international guests in 2025. This monthly series covers hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites but not clinics and training centres, so the year sums to 83.1 million rather than 83.6 million.
Accommodation
Hotels & occupancy
German accommodation recorded a record 497.4 million overnight stays in 2025, of which international guests accounted for 16.8%. Note that the bed-place occupancy measure covers all establishment types, including campsites and holiday homes, so it runs far lower than the room-occupancy rate of larger hotels.
Economic impact
Tourism in Germany's economy
Tourism is estimated to generate about €144 billion of gross value added directly — 3.7% of the German economy in 2024 — and to employ 2.7 million people. These are industry-commissioned estimates projected forward from official tourism-economy figures, the latest of which covered 2021 when the estimate was made. Germans spend far more on travel abroad than visitors spend in Germany, so the travel balance is in deficit.
Bavaria is the most-visited state, with 20.6 million overnight stays and 9.6 million arrivals by international guests in 2025 — about a quarter of the national total — ahead of Berlin (12.1 million nights) and Baden-Württemberg (11.8 million).
At a glance
Fast facts
- 25.5m International arrivals Jan–Aug 2026 (+2.0%)
- 2.2 nights Avg. stay of international guests (2025)
- 16.8% International share of all overnight stays (2025)
- 20.6m International overnight stays in Bavaria — top state (2025)
- €26.0bn Travel receipts Jan–Aug 2026 (+3.6%)
- 1.09m Visitors to Neuschwanstein Castle (2025)
Questions
Frequently asked questions
How many tourists visit Germany each year?
Guests from abroad made 37.2 million arrivals at German accommodation with 10+ beds in 2025 and spent 83.6 million nights there — 0.8% and 2.0% fewer than in 2024, which was boosted by the European Football Championship. Both remain below the 2019 peaks of 39.6 million arrivals and 89.9 million nights. Arrivals in January–August 2026 were 2.0% higher (25.5 million). Arrivals count check-ins, so a visitor who stays in several places is counted more than once.
How much do tourists spend in Germany?
International visitors spent €37.8 billion in Germany in 2025, according to the balance-of-payments travel receipts, 0.6% less than in 2024. Receipts in January–August 2026 were €26.0 billion, up 3.6% (provisional). German residents spent €118.5 billion on travel abroad in 2025, leaving a travel deficit of €80.7 billion.
Which country sends the most tourists to Germany?
The Netherlands, with 11.7 million overnight stays and 5.2 million arrivals in 2025. The United States (6.9 million nights) and Switzerland (6.7 million) follow, then the United Kingdom (4.7 million) and Austria (4.4 million).
Which part of Germany do international tourists visit most?
Bavaria, with 20.6 million overnight stays by international guests in 2025 — about a quarter of the national total — followed by Berlin (12.1 million) and Baden-Württemberg (11.8 million).
When is Germany's peak tourist season?
Summer. The July–September quarter accounted for a third of international guests’ overnight stays in 2025, and July was the busiest month with 10.4 million nights — nearly two and a half times the January figure (4.2 million).
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Germany Tourism Statistics (2026). Visitors, spending and trends. Last reviewed 1 November 2026. https://www.globaltourismstatistics.com/germany
<a href="https://www.globaltourismstatistics.com/germany">Germany Tourism Statistics</a> Notes & sources
Methodology & sources
This page compiles publicly available official statistics; the sources for every figure are listed below. Key caveats:
- Latest data. Annual 2025 arrivals and overnight stays are from Destatis’s December 2025 statistical report (20 February 2026), which revised the preliminary press-release figure for international overnight stays (83.8 million, 11 February 2026) to 83.6 million. 2026 year-to-date figures (January–August) are provisional. Travel receipts are from the Deutsche Bundesbank’s balance-of-payments statistics (edition of 13 October 2026); 2026 monthly figures are provisional.
- Arrivals basis. Germany’s official inbound measure counts guests resident abroad at accommodation with at least 10 beds (campsites with at least 10 pitches). Each check-in is an arrival, so a visitor touring several cities is counted several times; stays in smaller establishments, with friends and relatives, and day trips are not covered. Overnight stays are the more robust measure of volume.
- Seasonality series. Quarterly figures are summed from the Eurostat monthly series of nights spent by non-residents (data supplied by Destatis), which covers hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites but excludes clinics and training centres (525,592 international nights in 2025).
- Economic estimates. Tourism value added and employment are DIW Econ’s 2024 nowcast of the German tourism satellite account, commissioned by the DIHK, BTW and DTV — an estimate, not official statistics. It projects forward Destatis’s tourism satellite account, which (as of October 2025) covered 2015–2021. Money figures are nominal (not inflation-adjusted).
- Gaps. Germany publishes no official purpose-of-visit split for international guests and no national ranking of attractions, so those sections are omitted rather than estimated. Neuschwanstein Castle’s 2025 count (1,086,432 visitors) is from the Bavarian Palace Administration’s annual report.
Primary sources
- Destatis — Monthly Tourism Survey (Monatserhebung im Tourismus) — Statistical report for December 2025 with January–December 2025 results: arrivals and overnight stays in accommodation with 10+ beds, by country of residence (table 45412-01), by federal state (45412-05), by type of establishment (45412-02) and capacity/occupancy (45412-09, 45412-13) — published 20 Feb 2026.
- Destatis — Press release no. 046 — “Tourismus in Deutschland im Jahr 2025”: preliminary annual overnight stays, 11 Feb 2026 (superseded on detail by the statistical report of 20 Feb 2026).
- Destatis — Monthly Tourism Survey (Monatserhebung im Tourismus) — Statistical report for August 2026 (published 20 Oct 2026), table 45412-01: January–August 2026 arrivals and overnight stays by country of residence, provisional; see also press release no. 361 of 9 Oct 2026.
- Destatis — Monthly Tourism Survey, December editions 2022–2024 — Annual arrivals and overnight stays of guests resident abroad: 2019–2022 from the time-series table 1.1 of the December 2022 report (Fachserie 6 Reihe 7.1, 28 Feb 2023); 2023 and 2024 from table 45412-01 of the December 2023 and December 2024 statistical reports.
- Deutsche Bundesbank — Balance of payments statistics — Zahlungsbilanzstatistik table II.3a “Dienstleistungen — Übersicht”, travel (Reiseverkehr) receipts and expenditure, annual 2011–2025, quarterly and monthly to August 2026 — edition of 13 Oct 2026; 2026 months provisional.
- Eurostat — tour_occ_nim (national data supplied by Destatis) — Nights spent by non-residents at hotels, holiday accommodation and campsites (NACE I55.1–I55.3), Germany, monthly 2025 — dataset updated 30 Oct 2026.
- DIW Econ — Wirtschaftsfaktor Tourismus 2024 — Nowcast of the German tourism satellite account for 2024, commissioned by DIHK, BTW and DTV (industry-commissioned estimate), 31 Oct 2025.
- Bavarian Palace Administration (Bayerische Schlösserverwaltung) — Schlösserbilanz 2025, press release no. 029/26 of the Bavarian Ministry of Finance, 11 Feb 2026 — Neuschwanstein Castle 1,086,432 visitors (2024: 1,082,816).