This Pocketbook introduces both the expert and non-expert reader with a wide range of statistics relating to tourism in Europe. The data covers the period 2000 to 2006. The figures presented in this publication cover on the one hand the supply of collective tourist accommodation in Europe, giving information on the available capacity in hotels and other types of collective accommodation and the tourist flows they receive. On the other hand, it illustrates the travel behaviour of Europeans, giving information on their domestic and outbound trips. The publication focuses in a first part on the tourism industry and the tourism market while a second part includes country profiles with more detailed facts and figures for the Member States of the European Union and EFTA as well as some candidate countries.

This publication contains key data for the period 1999-2000 regarding tourism trends in the 15 EU Member States, the EFTA countries, the 13 candidate countries to the EU, as well as a number of other countries in central Europe and the Mediterranean area. For the EU and EFTA countries, the data are taken from Eurostat's TOUR database; for the central European and Mediterranean countries, the data are principally based on information provided by national statistical offices and national tourism authorities.