EU residents made 1.2 billion personal and business trips in 2025
Eurostat said trip numbers rose 1.4% from 2024, while spending was higher on foreign trips.
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EU residents made 1.20 billion trips for personal or professional reasons in 2025, 17 million or 1.4% more than in 2024, according to Eurostat data published on October 9. Of the total, 848 million were domestic and 264 million were international trips to another EU country; figures are rounded.
Ninety-two percent of trips by EU residents stayed within the EU and 8% went outside it. Spending was reported at €266.2 billion for domestic trips and €379.4 billion for foreign trips; foreign-trip spending includes destinations outside the EU and should not be read as intra-EU spending alone.
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EU residents’ trips, 2025
Rounded counts of personal and business trips.
| All trips | 1200 |
| Domestic trips (million) | 848 |
| Intra-EU international trips (million) | 264 |
Methodology
Trip counts are rounded. “Foreign” includes travel both within and outside the EU; expenditure is not a trip count. Table counts are in millions of trips; the source total of 1.20 billion is shown as 1,200 million (1 billion = 1,000 million).
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