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.
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The monthly summary, a downloadable PDF overview and the newsletter, all based on the latest data published by Statistics Estonia.
Estonia· August 2026
Monthly summary
What changed last month
The summary is written automatically by AI after each data update. The figures come straight from Statistics Estonia's tables, but always check the wording against the charts.
By topic National indicator
- Regions
British visitor numbers rose from 72.5 thousand to 88.1 thousand (+21.5%) year-over-year, the biggest shift among foreign markets.
- Purpose of trip
Holiday trips made up 58% of all nights spent over the last 24 months, with most trips lasting just 1 to 3 nights.
- Capacity
Bed occupancy held at 35.0% in 2025 (0.0 pp change), even as the average cost per night rose 8.5% to €51.
- Residents' travel spending
Average spend per domestic trip fell 11.9% in 2025 to €163, with €49 of that going to accommodation.
PDF overview
The monthly overview as a PDF
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Estonian tourism – monthly overview
Page one covers all of Estonia. With no region selected, page two features the county with the most notable change.
- The month's main changes and the AI summary
- Guests and nights, residents and foreign visitors
- Occupancy and average cost per night
- Source and table IDs in every page footer
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Data freshness
Latest published data
The latest period of each dataset published in Statistics Estonia's database, read directly from the database.
| Dataset | Tables | Frequency | Latest period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guests and nights | TU131, TU133 | Monthly | August 2026 |
| Occupancy, cost, capacity | TU122 | Monthly | August 2026 |
| Accommodation capacity since 1992 | TU11 | Annual | 2025 |
| Residents' trips | TU51, TU63, TU56, TU661 | Quarterly | Q2 2026 |
| Sector revenue by quarter | TU410 | Quarterly | Q2 2026 |
| Accommodation business statistics | EM001 | Annual | 2024 |
| Gross wages in accommodation | PA113 | Quarterly | Q2 2026 |
| AI summary | Automatic summary | Monthly | August 2026 · 30 October 2026 |