Overnight record in April: domestic tourism is booming!

Overnight record in April: domestic tourism is booming!

In April 2025, accommodation companies in Germany recorded a total of 41 million overnight stays. This corresponds to a significant increase in 11% compared to April 2024, which is partly due to the late location of the Easter holidays and holidays. These positive developments come by 8.1% in March 2025 after a decline in overnight stays compared to March of the previous year. The figures show a clear trend: the demand for overnight stays in Germany, both domestic and foreign guests, shows an encouraging development. Travelvor9 also reports similar findings in the previous year.

Domestic travelers contributed significantly to this growth. The overnight stays of domestic guests rose by 12.4% to 34.4 million. This shows that the Germans are ready to travel more and use the domestic accommodation offers. In contrast, the overnight stays of foreign guests only rose moderately by 4.1% and reached 6.6 million.

overall overview of the first four months

From January to April 2025, a total of 125.6 million overnight stays were recorded, which is similar compared to the same period in 2024. The overnight stays of inner guests rose slightly by 0.1% to 104.4 million, while foreign guests had to accept a decline by 0.7% to 21.2 million. These numbers illustrate a certain stability in the German tourism sector, despite changing influences in the past few months.

The accommodation companies that were used for these surveys include facilities with at least ten sleeping space or parking spaces. Detailed results that offer further insights into the developments of the overnight stays are expected to be published at the end of June 2025, such as Destatis announced.