The camping boom in Germany is continuing and reached a new record last year. In 2025 there were almost 44.7 million guest nights at campsites-an increase of 4.2 percent over 2024 (42.9 million) and 24.9 percent compared with pre‑pandemic levels in 2019 (35.8 million), according to the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis).
Except for the pandemic years 2020 and 2021, which were heavily affected by travel restrictions and lodging bans, the number of campsite guest nights has risen almost steadily in recent years. Over the past 20 years the figure has more than doubled (+105.5 percent): in 2005 campsites in Germany recorded 21.7 million guest nights. For comparison, total overnight stays across all accommodation facilities increased by 44.6 percent during the same period.
In 2025, about one‑eleventh (9.0 percent) of the country’s 497.4 million total guest nights occurred at campsites. In the pandemic year 2020, this share was even higher-one‑ninth (11.2 percent)-because overall overnight stays fell more sharply than campsite stays. Compared with 2024 (8.6 percent), the 2025 campsite share rose again, remaining above the pre‑Corona level of 7.2 percent from 2019.
The Schleswig‑Holstein Baltic Sea coast attracted the most campers, recording 3.5 million guest nights, of which 3.4 million were from domestic visitors. The Black Forest (2.6 million), the Lower Saxon North Sea coast (2.0 million), and Bavaria’s Allgäu (1.8 million) followed. The Bodensee‑Upper Swabia region reclaimed its position in the top five most visited campsite destinations, placing ahead of Mecklenburg’s North Sea coast (1.6 million) and Western Pomerania (1.5 million).
Foreign‑national camping guests again favoured southwestern Germany. In 2025 they spent the most nights in the Black Forest (735,000), followed by Moselle‑Saar (369,000), the Rhineland‑Palatinate Eifel (301,000), Bodensee‑Upper Swabia (239,000), and the Allgäu (162,000).
When measured as a share of all accommodation overnight stays, Franconian Lakes Region was once again the leading campsite area in 2025. Nearly half of its guests (47.1 percent) stayed at campsites. Other areas with high campsite shares included Lusatian Lake District (37.3 percent), Hegau by Lake Constance (33.7 percent), Holsteinian Switzerland (31.1 percent), and the Haßberge region in Franconia (26.4 percent). Nationally, the average share for 2025 was 9.0 percent.
Campsite overnight rates have risen more steeply than overall accommodation prices in recent years. In 2025, stays at a motorhome site were 32.2 percent pricier than in the first pandemic year of 2020. The campsite fee itself increased by 28.7 percent over the same period. For reference, overnight stays across all types of lodging, in total, inflated by 26.9 percent between 2020 and 2025, while consumer prices, overall, rose by 21.9 percent during that time.