According to INSEE, hotels in France recorded 61.1 million overnight stays in the second quarter of 2026, up 1.4% year-on-year, while holiday and other short-stay accommodation saw a slight decline (-0.5%). Growth was concentrated in higher-category hotels (3-star +3.7%, 4-5 star +4.2%), while unclassified hotels fell sharply (-12.0%). Coastal hotels performed particularly well (+4.0% overall, with non-resident stays up 8.8%), while mountain areas were roughly flat. Business tourism rose 6% year-on-year, its first increase since the pandemic, though it remains 32.7% below 2019 levels. Among foreign visitors, growth came mainly from Belgium (+4.6%), the Netherlands (+4.4%), Germany (+2.7%) and the United States (+8.0%), while UK visitor nights fell 2.7% and Asia-Oceania nights dropped 12.0%.  

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