In 2021 in Germany 33 million overnight stays (-3%), here are the Camping.info prizes

32,937,634 overnight stays. According to data released by the Camping.info portal, citing the Federal Statistical Office, this is the result achieved by German campsites in the 2021 season. Compared to 2020 it is 3 percent less and -8% compared to 2019, which was the record year for the sector. However, expectations for the current season are very positive and the goal is to reach numbers never reached before.

After all, the foundations are those of a constantly growing recreational vehicle market. In Germany, sales of caravans and motorhomes exceeded 100,000 units for the second consecutive year. In total, there are over 1,5 million vehicles on the road today: the all-time high.

With 6.1 million overnight stays and an increase of almost 9%, Bavaria is the most popular camping region. Followed by the federal states of Schleswig-Holstein (5.3 million, +14 percent), as well as Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (4.8 million, -13 percent) and Lower Saxony (4.8 million, +4.4 percent). Bavaria and Schleswig-Holstein benefited from the first federal states’ opening strategies, while due to a catastrophic flood in July, there were only 1.9 million overnight stays in Rhineland-Palatinate, which corresponds to a minus 29%. In 2021, 95 percent of German campsites saw domestic guests: the drop in overnight stays by foreign tourists was 24.5 percent (1.6 million overnight stays).

The Camping.info portal, which boasts over 40 million page views and more than 23,000 registered campsites, assigns its Awards every year, prizes decided by the public which reached their 11th edition in 2022. Germany is represented in the European top 100 with 67 campsites. The most popular are:

1. Camping Park Kühlungsborn / Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania / Kühlungsborn / Europe no. 1
2. Rosenfelder Strand Ostsee Camping / Schleswig-Holstein / Rosenfelde-Grube / Europe no. 3
3. Campsite Ecktannen / Mecklenburg-West Pomerania / Heilbad Waren (Müritz) / Europe no. 6
4. Ostseecamping Familie Heide / Germany / Schleswig Holstein / Kleinwaabs / Europe n. 8
5. Kalletal Camping Park / North Rhine-Westphalia / Kalletal-Stemmen / Europe no. 9
6. Sports and nature camp for naturist families Sonnensee / Lower Saxony / Hanover / Europe no. 10
7. Camping am Dike – North Sea / Lower Saxony / Krummhörn-Upleward / Europe no. 12
8. Campingpark Südheide / Lower Saxony / Winsen (Aller) / Europe no. 14
9. Campsite Strukkamphuk / Schleswig-Holstein / Fehmarn / Europe no. 15
10. Camping & Ferienpark Falkensteinsee / Lower Saxony / Ganderkesee / Falkenburg / Europe no. 17

The complete list of the top 100 European campsites can be found on this page: www.camping.info/award