Around two thirds of these campsites were in just four Member States: France (28%, 8106 sites), United Kingdom (17%, 4779, 2016 data), Germany and the Netherlands (both 10%, around 2900).
Visitors spent a total of 397 million nights in EU campsites in 2017, accounting for 12% of all nights spent in tourist accommodation within the EU. The three countries with the highest number of tourist nights spent in campsites in 2017 were France (31% of all nights spent in campsites in EU), Italy (14%) and the United Kingdom (13%).
The three countries with the highest proportion of tourist nights spent in campsites in 2017 were Denmark (33% of all nights spent in tourist accommodation in the country), Luxembourg (32 %) and France (29%).
Meanwhile, Lithuania in 2017 had 29 campsites registered and more than 66 nights were spent at campsites in the country.