Tourism - 3. quarter of 2026

The number of overnight stays of guests in collective accommodation establishments in the Q3 2026 increased by 3.1%, compared to the corresponding period of the previous year, to 21.9 million nights in total. Residents spent 13.6 million nights in the establishments in Czechia and foreign clients spent 8.4 million nights there.

“In collective accommodation establishments, 8.2 million guests arrived in the Q3 2026. Higher number of both domestic and foreign guests contributed to the year-on-year increase in arrivals by 4.1%,” Roman Mikula, Head of the Tourism and Environmental Statistics Unit of the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO), stated. In observed establishments, 4.8 million domestic guests and 3.4 million of foreigh guests accommodated.

In hotels in Czechia, 4.9 million guests accommodated in the Q3 2026; they spent 11.9 million nights there. The number of guests increased by 3.4%, y-o-y, and also the number of overnight stays increased by 3.4%. In summer season, 2.2 million residents and by half a million more non-residents accommodated there. In boarding houses, 1.1 million guests accommodated; they spent there 2.6 nights on average. Operators of tourist campsites reported by 9.9% more arrivals and by 10.4% more overnight stays compared to the corresponding period of the previous year. Besides domestic guests, primarily guests from Germany, the Netherlands, and Poland accommodated in this category in the main tourist season. Holiday dwellings and hostels recorded a y-o-y decrease in arrivals by 0.3% and the number of overnight stays decreased in those categories by 5.2% in total.      

In terms of comparison of Regions, the total number of accommodated guests increased, y-o-y, in almost all Regions in the Q3 2026. The Olomoucký Region where by 1.5% fewer guests accommodated was the only exception. The highest increase in the number of arrivals was recorded by the Jihočeský Region, the Pardubický Region, and the Královéhradecký Region. A year-on-year decrease in the number of nights was recorded in the Plzeňský Region, in the Zlínský Region, and in the Jihomoravský Region. In other Regions, the number of overnight stays increased. The highest growth of the number of nights spent was in the Pardubický Region, in the Jihočeský Region, and in the Karlovarský Region. Domestic clientele accommodated the most often in the Jihočeský Region, in the Jihomoravský Region, and in the Královéhradecký Region and domestic guests also spent the highest numbers of nights in those Regions. For non-residents, Prague was the most attractive as usual; 1.9 million foreign guests arrived there and they spent there 4.8 million nights. 

In total, 3.4 million foreign guests (non-residents; by citizenship) accommodated in collective accommodation establishments in Czechia in the Q3 2026. It was an increase in the number of guests by 3.5%, y-o-y. As for non-residents, the following accommodated in Czechia: one fifth of guests from Germany and over 200 thousand guests also arrived from Poland, Slovakia, and the United States of America. Foreign clientele spent 8.4 million nights in Czechia and the number of overnight stays of non-residents increased by 4.6%, year-on-year. Guests from Germany spent 1.8 million nights there, those from Poland 665 thousand nights, and guests from Slovakia 651 thousand nights.