There were 7% more foreign tourists accommodated in November

Piret Pukk, leading analyst at Statistics Estonia, said that about half of the tourists accommodated in Estonia in November 2025 were foreign tourists and the other half were domestic tourists – their numbers were 127,273 and 127,716, respectively. “The number of foreign tourists was still 13% lower than in November 2019 before the pandemic. The number of domestic tourists was 10% higher than in November 2019, which has also been the trend in previous months,” added Pukk. 

Year on year, there were fewer tourists from Finland and more tourists from Latvia

The largest number of foreign tourists arrived from Finland (nearly 40,900), followed by Latvia (25,600), the United Kingdom (6,100), Germany (5,800) and Lithuania (5,300). There were 1% fewer accommodated tourists from Finland and 17% more accommodated tourists from Latvia. Compared with November 2024, there were 3% more tourists from Lithuania, 18% more tourists from the United Kingdom and 23% more tourists from Germany.

In November, the majority (75%) of accommodated foreign tourists were on holiday, and 20% were on business trips. 76% of the foreign tourists preferred to stay overnight in Harju county, mainly in Tallinn. This was followed by Pärnu (11%), Tartu (6%), Ida-Viru (2%) and Saare (2%) counties.

In November 2025, 69% of the accommodated domestic tourists were on holiday and 22% were on business tips, which is similar to November the year before. The biggest share of domestic tourists were accommodated in Harju county (35%), followed by Pärnu (14%), Tartu (11%) and Ida-Viru (11%) counties. 6% of the domestic tourists stayed in Saare county. Lääne, Lääne-Viru and Valga counties each accommodated 5% of the domestic tourists.

934 accommodation establishments were open in November

Tourists spent a total of 460,390 nights in accommodation establishments: foreign tourists stayed for 254,053 nights and domestic tourists for 206,337 nights in total. “Overall, there were 3% more overnight stays than in November 2024. The number of nights spent by foreign tourists was up by 5% and the number of nights spent by domestic tourists did not change year on year,” said Pukk. 

In November, 934 accommodation establishments served visitors in Estonia. There were almost 22,200 rooms and 50,800 bed places available for guests. The room occupancy rate was 42%. The average cost of a guest night was 48 euros per person, which is 3% more than in November 2024.

Statistics Estonia collects and analyses accommodation data for the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications with the aim to determine how the tourism sector is doing. All accommodation establishments with 5 or more bed places are included.

Data as at 9 January 2026 are published. The indicator values may change if there are any revisions made in the data sources after this date.

See also the dedicated section on tourism, accommodation and food service and the tourism industry dashboard.

More detailed data have been published in the statistical database.

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Statistics Estonia
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