Type of indicator

Sectoral

Indicator C30

Tourism infrastructure

Definition

Tourism infrastructure in rural areas is measured as the number of bed places in tourist accommodations.

It consists of 2 sub-indicators:

1. total bed places 

2. distribution of bed places by degree of urbanisation

Unit of measurement

1. total number of bed places

2. share of national total

Data source

Eurostat – Tourism statistics

According to Regulation (EU) 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the data is available from 2012 onwards.

References/location of the data

For national data: table tour_cap_natd 

For regional data: table tour_cap_nuts2d 

Data collection level

EU, national (NUTS 0) and regional (NUTS 1 and 2)

Frequency

Annual and monthly.

Annual for regional data.

Delay

1 year

Comments/caveats

Collective tourist accommodation establishments include hotels, holiday and other short-stay accommodation, camping grounds, recreational vehicle parks and trailer parks (NACE r.2 divisions I551-I553).

When the number of bed places in one category of establishment is missing, the sum of available data is provided. 

The number of bed places in an establishment or dwelling is determined by the number of persons who can stay overnight in the beds set up in the establishment (dwelling), ignoring any extra beds that may be set up by customer request. The term bed place applies to a single bed, double bed being counted as two bed places. The unit serves to measure the capacity of any type of accommodation. A bed place is also a place on a pitch or in a boat on a mooring to accommodate one person. One camping pitch should equal four bed places if the actual number of bed places is not known.