Overview
- Destatis published Eurostat corporate data on July 28, 2026 showing 68.3 million overnight stays booked in 2025 via Airbnb, Booking.com and Expedia, a 13.0% increase over 2024.
- Domestic demand drove the rise with 48.5 million nights booked by German guests, up 15.3%, while foreign bookings rose to 19.8 million, up 7.8%.
- About 94% of these platform stays were in establishments with fewer than 10 beds, a category that the official monthly tourism survey does not capture.
- Methodological limits affect interpretation because TripAdvisor left the data agreement at end‑2024, only aggregated platform data are available, and growing platform listings mean the totals are a conservative lower bound rather than a direct measure of changing travel behavior.
- Bookings were concentrated in Bavaria, Baden‑Württemberg and North Rhine‑Westphalia and the pattern matters for local housing, tax and enforcement policy because many hosts are small private providers offering rentals outside traditional hotel oversight.