After the Covid-19 slump, the tourism industry across Europe recovered in 2023 and 2024, drawing close pre-pandemic levels and even surpassing them in some countries. In the first quarter of 2024, there were 452.6 million overnight stays in tourist accommodations across the European Union, marking a 7% increase compared with the same quarter of 2023, according to data released by the European Commission last week. Foreign visitors accounted for approximately 45% of all overnight stays in the first three months of 2024, but there were large differences among EU countries. The biggest share of f…