European Cities Marketing (ECM) has just published the seventh edition of its European Cities Marketing Benchmarking Report. For 2010 the total number of bednights in European cities experienced year-on growth of 6.5%. International bednights increased by an even more striking 8.9%, indicating full recovery from the downturn in volume recorded in 2009 as a consequence of global economic recession.
|
Destination
|
Bednights in mn. 2010
|
% change
09-10
|
1
|
London
|
48.7
|
3.5%
|
2
|
Paris
|
35.8
|
5.7%
|
3
|
Berlin
|
20.8
|
10.2%
|
4
|
Rome
|
20.4
|
9.1%
|
5
|
Madrid
|
15.2
|
11.4%
|
6
|
Barcelona
|
14.0
|
9.6%
|
7
|
Prague
|
11.9
|
6.4%
|
8
|
Vienna
|
11.7
|
11.0%
|
9
|
Munich
|
11.1
|
12.4%
|
10
|
Amsterdam
|
9.7
|
13.6%
|
11
|
Hamburg
|
8.9
|
8.4%
|
12
|
Palma de Mallorca
|
7.3
|
1.5%
|
13
|
Lisbon
|
6.2
|
7.8%
|
14
|
Frankfurt
|
6.1
|
13.5%
|
15
|
Budapest
|
5.9
|
8.6%
|
|
Source Market
|
Bednights 2010
|
% change 09-10
|
1
|
United States
|
13.5
|
7.9%
|
2
|
Germany
|
13.1
|
6.3%
|
3
|
United Kingdom
|
12.9
|
1.4%
|
4
|
Italy
|
10.6
|
5.7%
|
5
|
France
|
7.8
|
10.6%
|
6
|
Spain
|
7.1
|
5.9%
|
7
|
Japan
|
4.0
|
7.4%
|
8
|
Russia
|
3.9
|
28.7%
|
9
|
China
|
1.6
|
16.5%
|