Tourism - 1. quarter of 2025

The number of overnight stays of guests in collective accommodation establishments increased by 0.6%, year-on-year, to the total of 10.5 million nights in the Q1 2025. Residents spent in Czechia 5.5 million nights, which was a y-o-y decrease by 0.8%. On the other hand, foreign guests spent 5 million nights in Czechia and the number of nights spent by non-residents increased by 2.2%.

“In the Q1 2025, 4.1 million guests in total arrived in collective accommodation establishments. The year-on-year growth of the number of arrivals by 1.4% was supported by the number of domestic and foreign tourists. In surveyed establishments, 2.2 million residents accommodated and 2 million guests arrived to Czechia from abroad,” Roman Mikula, Head of the Tourism and Environmental Statistics Unit of the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO), stated.

In a hotel-type accommodation, the number of accommodated guests increased by 0.8%, y-o-y, and 3.2 million guests accommodated in Czechia in the Q1 2025. 1.7 million guests came from abroad to those establishments, which was a year-on-year increase in the number of arrivals by 0.5%. Non-residents spent by 1.2% more nights in that type of accommodation compared to the corresponding period of the previous year; in total, it was 4.3 million nights. Residents spent 3.1 million nights in hotels and 1.5 million domestic guests in total accommodated there. Boarding houses reported a decrease in the number of both guests as well as nights spent. The number of visitors decreased there by 1.4%, y-o-y, and the number of overnight stays decreased by 3.6%. Holiday dwellings and hostels for tourists recorded an increase in both the number of guests and nights spent. On the other hand, tourist campsites reported in the Q1 2025 a decrease in both the number of guests as well as the number of overnight stays.

In terms of comparison of Regions, in the Q1 2025, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, the total number of accommodated guests only decreased in the Středočeský Region, in the Jihomoravský Region, in the Plzeňský Region, and in the Jihočeský Region. Other Regions reported growth. The highest year-on-year increase in the number of accommodated tourists was in the Pardubický Region followed by the Královéhradecký Region, the Moravskoslezský Region, and the Liberecký Region. The number of nights spent increased in most of the Regions; it was the highest in the Pardubický Region, in the Ústecký Region, and in the Moravskoslezský Region. A decrease in the number of nights spent was registered in the Středočeský Region, in the Jihočeský Region, in the Jihomoravský Region, in the Plzeňský Region, in the Olomoucký Region, and in the Vysočina Region.

Compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, by 1.9% more foreign guests (non-residents; by citizenship) accommodated in collective accommodation establishments. From the total number of non-residents, the highest number of tourists came to Czechia from Germany (453 thousand) followed by tourists from Poland, Slovakia, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and over 100 thousand guests arrived from Italy. The highest y-o-y increase in the number of arrivals from the Top 10 countries was reported by Poland, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Ukraine. The number of overnight stays of non-residents increased by 2.2% to the total of 5 million nights. The highest year-on-year increment in the number of guests as well as nights was recorded in non-residents from Israel.