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Tourism low in Rhineland-Palatinate: Decline despite Ahr region on the rise!
The tourism figures in Rhineland-Palatinate in 2024 show a slight decline. The Ahr region is recording increases after the flood disaster in 2021.
Tourism low in Rhineland-Palatinate: Decline despite Ahr region on the rise!
In the first three months of 2024, Rhineland-Palatinate recorded a decline in the number of visitors compared to the previous year. Loud sueddeutsche.de A total of 1.3 million tourists were welcomed, a decrease of 1.3 percent. At the same time, the number of overnight stays fell by 6.8 percent to 3.2 million overnight stays. The numbers fell in particular in nine out of ten tourism regions in Rhineland-Palatinate.
The Ahr region is a special feature, where the number of guests increased by 17 percent and overnight stays by 12 percent. However, these increases must be viewed against the background of a low previous year's level due to the flood disaster in 2021. Despite this positive development, the number of overnight stays in the Ahr region is still a good third below the comparable value from 2019.
Annual balance 2024
Nationwide, Rhineland-Palatinate is only 2.9 percent behind the number of overnight stays in 2019. Germany as a whole exceeded the 2019 level by 0.1 percent. The Ahr region in particular remains affected by the long-term consequences of the flood disaster, and without this region, Rhineland-Palatinate would only be 0.3 percent below the 2019 figures.
Regional developments
The details show that five out of ten regions in Rhineland-Palatinate were able to exceed the number of overnight stays from the previous year in 2024. The Ahr region leads this list with an increase of 23.2 percent, followed by Eifel (+5.4%), Rheinhessen (+4.9%), Naheland (+2.3%) and Westerwald (+0.4%). In contrast, Hunsrück and Mosel-Saar recorded declines of 4.1 percent and 5.3 percent, respectively.
Developments in city tourism are also particularly noteworthy. Mainz recorded an increase of 8.9 percent, while cities like Speyer and Trier fell in the numbers at -4.8 and -1.8 percent. In general, the number of overnight stays in holiday centers rose by 8.9 percent and in prevention and rehabilitation clinics by 6.1 percent, while the hotel industry experienced a slight decline.
A total of 3,125 commercial accommodation providers in Rhineland-Palatinate offered a total of 222,299 sleeping accommodations in 2024. Nevertheless, the number of companies fell by 4.2 percent, while capacities increased by 0.9 percent. The average size of the company remained relatively low compared to the rest of the country at 71.1 beds.