On 1 July 2013, Croatia became the 28th Member State of the European Union . With its Mediterranean climate and long Adriatic coastline, Croatia is a popular tourist destination. In 2012, residents from EU Member States made more than 7.2 million trips to Croatia, accounting for 70.4 million tou...
Industry is one of the main water users in Europe, accounting for about 40 % of total water abstractions . Water is used in the production process (e.g. for cooling purposes, for cleaning/washing as well as for employees’ use) and is either provided by a public supplier or self-supplied. Further...
This article presents recent statistics on the tourism industries in the European Union (EU) . While tourism statistics traditionally focus on either the accommodation sector or the demand side (from a household perspective), and relate mainly to physical flows (arrivals or nights spent at touri...
This article presents recent statistics on the tourism industry in the Mediterranean partner countries of the European Union (EU) : eight Mediterranean countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP South countries). It offers an overview of tourism intensity and developments betwee...
This article analyses in some detail the European Union (EU) sustainable development indicator on waste generation, ’generation of waste excluding major mineral wastes’ (tsdpc210) and a new landfill indicator ’landfilling of waste excluding major mineral wastes’, intended to become part of the n...
This article presents selected statistics and analyses on the situation of young adults under the age of 25 for nine Mediterranean countries covered by the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP-South countries). It provides an overview of demographic trends, the labour market situation and educatio...