From January through August 2026, Estonia accommodated 2.7 million guests, up 4.0% on the same months last year, while nights spent reached 4.9 million (+5.1%). Domestic guests rose 2.1% to 1.2 million and foreign guests climbed 5.8% to 1.4 million. In August alone, 481.6 thousand guests stayed (+4.9% year-over-year), generating 873.6 thousand nights (+6.4%). The monthly split was 222.2 thousand domestic versus 259.4 thousand foreign guests, and the average nights per guest rose to 1.81 (+1.5%). Harju county remained the most-visited area, with 233.9 thousand guests, up 9.0% year-over-year.
Statistics Estonia data · latest month: August 2026
Estonian tourism.In numbers.
Accommodated guests, nights, occupancy and regions — Statistics Estonia's open data in one place, made clear.
Accommodated guests · August 2026
481,646
Up +4.9%vs August 2025
Nights spent · August 2026
873,626
Up +6.4%vs August 2025
Where guests came from · August 2026
Residents of Estonia 46%Foreign visitors 54%
Guests year to date · January–August 2026
2,662,897
Up +4.0%vs same period a year earlier
Guests staying in accommodation establishments with at least 5 bed places — not the total number of visitors to Estonia. Source: Statistics Estonia, TU131
Trends
August: 481,646 accommodated guests in Estonia, up 4.9% year on year.
Monthly accommodated guests and nights. Comparing with the same month a year earlier removes the effect of seasonality.
Estonia· August 2026
Accommodated guests per month · Estonia
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Visitors
Who stays, and where they come from
Estonia: the largest foreign market over the last 12 months was Finland — 34% of all foreign guests.
Estonia· last 12 months
Split · August 2026
Split · last 12 months
Share of foreign guests, 36 months
Definition. A “guest” here is a person who checked in to an accommodation establishment. The same person can be counted more than once if they stayed in several places.
Main foreign markets
Regions
Where people stay in Estonia
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Counties and cities · Sep 2025 – Aug 2026
Tallinn, Tartu and Pärnu appear as circles because Statistics Estonia publishes them separately.
Counties: guests
Cities published separately
Accommodation
August: room occupancy in Estonia was 58.0%, 2.0 points higher than a year earlier.
Room and bed-place occupancy, and the average cost of a guest night. Occupancy is best compared with the same month in previous years.
Estonia· August 2026
Room occupancy
58%
Up +2.0 ppvs August 2025
Bed-place occupancy
46%
Up +2.0 ppvs August 2025
Average cost of a guest night
€51
Down −1.9%vs August 2025
Average price paid per night spent (incl. VAT). Not average daily room rate (ADR).
Establishments
1,233
25,465 rooms · 60,726 bed places
Bed places per establishment
49
Average establishment size
Room occupancy by month · Estonia
Latest year, previous year and 2019 (the last pre-pandemic year)
Seasonality
37% of the year's guests arrived between June and August (Estonia, 2025).
Each square is one month; darker means more guests. The pattern shows the season, the pandemic and the recovery.
Estonia· latest full year 2025
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Accommodation-sector economics
Q2 2026: accommodation-sector revenue was €83.5 million, up 12.1% year on year.
Business statistics show the revenue, number, costs and wages of accommodation businesses. They are published for Estonia as a whole only.
National indicator· Q2 2026Statistics Estonia publishes business and wage statistics by industry nationally, not by county.
Revenue · Q2 2026
€83.5M
Up +12.1%vs same quarter a year earlier
Accommodation businesses · 2024
1,809
Average gross wage, accommodation · Q2 2026
€1,554
Estonia's average gross wage · Q2 2026
€2,243
Accommodation pays 69% of the national average
Accommodation-sector revenue by quarter (€ million)
Residents' travel
Q2 2026: residents of Estonia made 623 thousand overnight trips within Estonia and 394 thousand abroad.
The residents' travel survey covers every overnight trip, including stays with relatives or at a summer house. It is a separate source from accommodation statistics.
National indicator· Q2 2026The residents' travel survey is a sample survey published for Estonia as a whole.
Trips within Estonia · Q2 2026
623.0k
Down −14.5%vs same quarter a year earlier
Trips abroad · Q2 2026
393.5k
Up +17.6%vs same quarter a year earlier
Spend per domestic trip · Q2 2026
€173
Up +6.7%vs same quarter a year earlier
Spend per trip abroad · Q2 2026
€1,075
Down −0.8%vs same quarter a year earlier
Top destinations
Insights
What stands out in the data
Insights are computed directly from the data. The AI-written summary is labelled separately.
Computed from the data
Over the last 12 months, guest numbers developed best in Harju County (+7.0%) and worst in Järva County (−16.0%).
Compare regionsComputed from the data
Fastest-growing larger foreign market (Estonia): Hungary, +75.5% — 10.3k guests over 12 months.
All countries of originComputed from the data
August 2026: room occupancy was highest in Harju County (71.0%) and lowest in Hiiu County (27.0%).
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