Informations Rapides · 20 February 2025 · n° 40

In Q4 2024, collective tourist attendance rose by 3.2% over a year Tourism occupancy in hotels, campsites and holiday and other short-stay accommodation in metropolitan France - fourth quarter 2024

In the fourth quarter of 2024, in France, occupancy in collective accommodations except campsites, measured in overnight stays, increased by 3.2% compared to its Q4 2023 level. This increase was more significant in holiday and other short-stay accommodations (HOSSA, +5.6%) than in hotels (+2.5%).

In the fourth quarter of 2024, hotel occupancy was 47.8 million overnight stays. It increased by 2.5% compared to its Q4 2023 level. Non resident customers’ attendance contributed more to this rise (+5.4% that is 830,000 additional overnight stays), while residents’ one increased more moderately (+1.0% that is 310,000 fewer overnight stays).

Attendance in high-end hotels was the only contributor to this rise (+3.2% for 3 star hotels and +8.1% for 4- to 5- star hotels). Attendance in 1- to 2- star hotels decreased (‑2.3%), and much more in unclassified hotels (-9.6%), due to the decline in both resident and non resident customers.

Attendance in hotels increased in densely urban areas (+3.0%) as in intermediate urban areas (+1.4%) and in rural areas (+2.2%). It increased in all touristic areas, including those that are usually less frequented in fourth quarter (+3.7% in mountain areas, +2.1% on coastlines and +2.3% in other areas).

Counter to this overall progression, business attendance decreased by 1.3% in Q4 2024 compared to Q4 2023, continuing its downward trend since the end of the health crisis. This decline was particularly noticeable in cities with intermediate urban density (‑4.2%), whereas business attendance is stabilized in cities with high urban density (‑0.1%).

In Q4 2024, non resident customers’ overnight stays in hotels increased more significantly (+5.4%) than resident’ ones (+1.0%). Main European countries’ customers contributed to this rise (Netherlands +18.1%, Germany +9,8% and Belgium +5.8%), except British customers (‑24.6%).

For non European countries, United States customers’ attendance increased sharply (+36.1%), the Asian and Oceanic customers’ one more moderately (+6.5%).

In Q4 2024, attendance in holiday and other short-stay accommodations (HOSSA) of metropolitan France was 16.5 million overnight stays. It increased by 5.6%, compared to its Q4 2023 level. It increased both in tourism residences (+5.6%) and in other short-stay accommodations (+5.4%). It clearly increased for resident customers (+4.9%) and even more significantly for non resident’ ones (+8.4%).

Attendance increased in all touristic areas: +0.6% on coastlines, +3.4% in mountain areas and +8.5% in other areas. It increased sharply in densely urban areas (+12.8%) and more moderately in intermediate urban areas (+2.7%), whereas it decreased in rural areas (‑1.8%).

Compared to provisory data published on 19 November 2024, attendance evolution over a year in collective accommodations except campsites in Q3 2024 has been slightly revised upwards (‑1.6% instead of ‑1.7%).