
Majorca was the preferred destination for foreign tourists in 2023, according to new data published by Eurostat that considers the number of nights tourists spend in the country.
The Spanish Balearic island tops the list of EU destinations with over 47 million nights.
Second and third place can be found again in Spain, such as Tenerife and Barcelona, followed by Venice, Paris and Rome.
The Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean opposite the Moroccan coast, is the most popular geographic area, with three destinations in the top 20 Tenerife, Gran Canaria and Lanzarote, and a total of 83.2 million nights spent.
But the Canary Islands are also one of the areas that face the highest pressure from tourism compared to the number of inhabitants.
Among all EU countries, Greece is suffering the highest pressure from tourism, with six out of ten countries on the list of most overpopulated countries.
Paris leads in terms of pressure per square kilometer, followed by Athens, Copenhagen and Munich.