In 2023 the number of guest nights in Latvia booked via collaborative economy platforms has increased by 21.6 %

According to the latest data resulting from cooperation project between the Central Statistical Bureau (CSB) and statistical office of the European Union Eurostat, 1.43 million guest nights¹ were spent in Latvia in 2023, which were offered via one of the four collaborative economy platforms – Booking, Airbnb, Expedia and Tripadvisor. That is 21.6 % more than in 2022, when the number of guest nights comprised 1.18 million and 7.2 % more than in 2019 before the pandemic, when the number of guest nights reached 1.34 million.

In 2023 1.1 million or 76.6 % of guest nights were booked by non-residents, but 336 thousand or 23.4 % – by Latvian residents. Compared to 2022, a rise was observed in the number of guest nights booked both by non-residents (of 29.2 %) and by residents (1.9 %). Compared to 2019, the number of nights booked by residents has doubled, but the number of nights booked by non-residents – reduced by 6.1 %.

Last year, the length of bookings made via collaborative economy platforms was 3.3 nights on average for non-resident visitors and 1.8 nights for Latvian residents.

The data provides information on guest nights offered via four collaborative economy platforms – Booking, Airbnb, Expedia and Tripadvisor – in short-stay accommodation such as guest apartments, suites, holiday homes, rest-houses, cottages, etc., does not include hotels and similar accommodation, as well as camping grounds.

The largest number of accommodations in Latvia is available on Booking, where visitors were offered around 3.6 thousand tourist accommodation establishments in June 2023. In traditional data, which CSB acquires from guest apartments, suites, holiday homes, country houses and other similar accommodation, information could be compiled from less than thousand accommodations.

The CSB will publish more detailed data on 15.07.2024.

¹ The total number of guest nights is obtained by multiplying the nights booked by the number of persons staying in the accommodation booked.

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More information on the data:
Ilze Ķerus
Transport and Tourism Statistics Section
E-mail: Ilze.Kerus@csp.gov.lv
Phone: +371 67366778