Eurostat: Airbnb-style Rentals in Greece Up by 15% in 2023

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The number of short-term rentals in Greece last year increased by 15 percent compared to 2022 positioning the country 6^th in the EU while two Greek regions made it into the Top 20, according to data released this week by Εurostat.

More specifically, Greece recorded 36.4 million bookings in 2023 ranking 6^th in the list headed by France with 152 million nights. In second place, Spain with 133 million overnight stays, followed by Italy (100 million), Germany (46 million), and Portugal (38 million).

Two Greek regions – the South Aegean, which includes islands such as Mykonos and Rhodes, and the Ionian islands, which include Corfu and Kefalonia – were listed in the Top 20 best-performing areas in Europe.

According to data, the South Aegean Region recorded 4.6 million night stays and the Ionian Islands Region 4.3 million.

Six regions in the leading 20 were in France, five in Spain and Italy, two in Greece, and one in Croatia and Portugal.

Overall, last year, guests spent 678.6 million nights in short-term rental accommodation in the EU booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia Group or TripAdvisor marking a 13.8 percent rise over 2022 and 596.5 million nights.

According to Eurostat, monthly short-stay figures exceeded the previous year in 11 out of 12 months, with the last quarter of 2023 marking increases above 20 percent.

Indicative of the growing demand, October saw 55.3 million nights spent in short-term accommodation facilities up by 21.9 percent over the same month in 2022. In November, 31.8 million overnight stays  were recorded up by 20.0 percent over November 2022, and in December 45.3 million (+25.8 percent compared to December 2022).