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Short-term rentals in Desenzano del Garda

Desenzano del Garda (Brescia) recorded 1,156,392 official tourist nights in 2024, all establishments combined. Below: official flows, seasonality, platforms — each with its source.

Data last updated: 10 October 2026

official nights in 2024

1,156,392

arrivals

365,697

average length of stay (nights)

3.2

share of nights by foreign visitors

78.6%

share of nights in non-hotel accommodation

55%

inhabitants

29,251

Official flows

Official nights and arrivals

ISTAT statistics by municipality (published by PoliS-Lombardia): guests of hotel and non-hotel establishments (rentals, B&Bs, agritourism, campsites…). “Confidential” = statistical confidentiality.

Official nights per year

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YearNights
2019986,977
2020453,246
2021744,373
20221,763,142
20231,075,093
20241,156,392
YearTotalHotelNon-hotel
2019986,977534,378452,599
2020453,246246,578206,668
2021744,373382,841361,532
20221,763,142547,8601,215,282
20231,075,093500,431574,662
20241,156,392520,875635,517
Seasonality 2024 · Show the data
MonthNights
January24,814
February25,623
March45,975
April77,320
May124,329
June143,424
July207,747
August223,526
September149,693
October76,000
November31,854
December26,087

Source: ISTAT, PoliS-Lombardia (dati.lombardia.it, “Flussi turistici nei comuni lombardi”), dataset updated on 4 August 2025.

Platforms

Nights booked via platforms

Eurostat publishes nights booked via Airbnb, Booking, Expedia and Tripadvisor (experimental statistics, data shared by the platforms): all short-stay accommodation sold online, not only private homes.

Province of Brescia: platform nights

Eurostat tour_ce_oan3 (NUTS 3 province, whole province). Platforms account for 14.9% of platform + collective accommodation nights in the province.
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YearNights
20181,174,096
20191,357,404
2020606,068
2021998,420
20221,539,456
20231,774,226
20242,100,756
20252,198,090
Lombardy: seasonality of platform nights (2025) · Show the data
MonthShare
January4.1%
February5.1%
March5.2%
April9.1%
May9.6%
June10.4%
July13.2%
August12.9%
September10.3%
October8.7%
November5.3%
December6.1%

Source: Eurostat, tour_ce_oan3, tour_ce_omn12 and tour_ce_oarc (CC BY 4.0), experimental statistics.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

How many tourist nights in Desenzano del Garda?

Desenzano del Garda recorded 1,156,392 official tourist nights in 2024, all establishments combined (ISTAT).

Method

Sources and method

  • ISTAT / PoliS-Lombardia — annual and monthly tourist flows of Lombard municipalities (dati.lombardia.it).

    dati.lombardia.it dati.lombardia.it

  • Eurostat — tour_ce_oan3, tour_ce_omn12, tour_ce_oarc, tour_occ_nin3 (CC BY 4.0).

    ec.europa.eu CC BY 4.0

  • GISCO (Eurostat) — LAU 2024 and NUTS, © EuroGeographics for administrative boundaries.

    ec.europa.eu © EuroGeographics

Privacy (GDPR)

  • Aggregates only: no names, addresses, owners or per-host data.
  • A municipality is published only from 5 registered establishments (or when its official flows are published).
  • Any sub-total from 1 to 5 − 1 (type, year, owners) is hidden; a share is computed only when each group has at least 5 establishments.
  • The sources’ statistical confidentiality (ISTAT “dato riservato”) is preserved.

What the texts say

In Italy, article 13-ter of decree-law no. 145/2023 (converted by law no. 191/2023) creates the national identification code (CIN), assigned by the Ministry of Tourism through the BDSR database to tourist rentals and accommodation establishments; it must appear in every listing.

Official text — D.L. 145/2023 BDSR — Ministero del Turismo

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