Residents' travel

Residents' travel

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

How much Estonian residents travel

Overnight trips in Estonia and abroad by quarter, in thousands.

Not the same as domestic tourism. These are Estonian residents' own trips, including stays with relatives and at their own summer houses. The accommodation statistics' “residents of Estonia” count only guests of accommodation establishments. The two cannot be added up or compared.

Trips within Estonia · Q2 2026

623.0k

Down −14.5%vs same quarter a year earlier

Overnight trips.

Trips abroad · Q2 2026

393.5k

Up +17.6%vs same quarter a year earlier

Overnight trips.

Spend per domestic trip · Q2 2026

€173

Up +6.7%vs same quarter a year earlier

Average spend per trip.

Spend per trip abroad · Q2 2026

€1,075

Down −0.8%vs same quarter a year earlier

Average spend per trip.

Overnight trips by quarter

Thousand trips

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Time range
COVID-1902004006008001,0001,2001,40020182020202220242026623.0kTrips in Estonia393.5kTrips abroad

Source: Statistics Estonia, TU51

Spending

How much is spent on trips

Annual spending on overnight trips. These are travellers' own costs, including transport, accommodation, food and other.

Spending on overnight trips per year

Million euros

  • Trips in Estonia
  • Trips abroad
2019202020212022202320242025

Source: Statistics Estonia, TU552

Average spending · 2025

Average spending · 2025
In EstoniaAbroad
Per trip€163€1,118
Per night€80€177
Accommodation per night€24€54

Source: Statistics Estonia, TU552 · per night = spending divided by all nights, including free stays

Trips in Estonia: spending split · 2025

Transport25.1%€125M
Accommodation30.1%€150M
Eating out29.3%€146M
Other15.4%€77M

Trips abroad: spending split · 2025

Transport35.6%€597M
Accommodation30.3%€508M
Eating out21.1%€354M
Other13.0%€217M

Destinations

Top destinations

Estonian residents' trips abroad by destination over the last four quarters.

Q3 2025 – Q2 2026, thousand trips

  1. Finland156.8kvs previous 4 quarters +2.0%

Source: Statistics Estonia, TU63 · thousand overnight trips; change against the previous four quarters

Length and lodging

How long and where people stay

Trip length and type of lodging. Many domestic nights are spent with friends or at one's own summer house, not in accommodation establishments.

Trip length

Q3 2025 – Q2 2026 combined

Trips in Estonia

Statistics Estonia has withheld some data for this period for confidentiality, so the split cannot be calculated reliably.

Trips abroad

1–3 nights39.0%601.0k
4–7 nights37.9%583.0k
8+ nights23.1%355.7k

Source: Statistics Estonia, TU54

Type of lodging

Q2 2026, nights

Nights in Estonia

Hotel etc.27.9%293k nights
Other paid23.0%242k nights
Friends, relatives36.9%387k nights
Unpublished (Campsite, Own holiday home, Other free)12.2%128k nights

Nights abroad

Hotel etc.53.0%1,221k nights
Other paid25.7%593k nights
Friends, relatives14.8%341k nights
Unpublished (Campsite, Own holiday home, Other free)6.5%150k nights

Source: Statistics Estonia, TU551