France camping pitches occupancy: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
France camping pitches occupancy: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur stood at 1,557 thousand number in Aug 2026, according to INSEE – Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (BDM). It is one of the indicators in the Tourist accommodation table (Value · Monthly), with a complete series running from Apr 2019 to Aug 2026. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Tourist accommodation table
| Indicator | 08-2026 | 07-2026 | 06-2026 | 05-2026 | 04-2026 | 09-2025 | 08-2025 | 07-2025 | 06-2025 | 05-2025 | |
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| Campsites and holiday residences | |||||||||||
| Monthly pitches occupancy - Total - Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 1,557 | 1,423 | 881 | 695 | 441 | 878 | 1,627 | 1,426 | 943 | 606 | |
| Monthly pitches occupancy - Total - Corse | 428 | 375 | 243 | 132 | 40 | 285 | 432 | 379 | 254 | 110 |
Understanding france camping pitches occupancy: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Tallying the total number of nights that tents, caravans, and motorhomes occupy designated plots within open-air hospitality establishments located in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, this metric monitors regional campground activity. The series captures all transient guests, combining domestic vacationers and foreign visitors within a unified total. Indoor accommodations such as hotels and short-stay apartments are excluded to maintain a strict focus on outdoor sites.
Proper evaluation of the dataset demands accounting for extreme summer surges and winter lulls, meaning annual cycle comparisons are far more informative than sequential monthly changes. Early monthly estimates frequently undergo minor downward or upward adjustments as regional statistical offices process late submissions from operators. Analysts should avoid treating pitch-night volumes as equivalent to individual visitor counts or direct measures of financial turnover. Tracking changes over a twelve-month horizon remains the most reliable method for identifying structural trends.
Frequently asked questions
- Are private land campsites included in this official regional count?
- Only commercially licensed campsites and registered outdoor hospitality parks are measured.
- Why are month-over-month comparisons unhelpful for this series?
- Severe weather seasonality creates massive gaps in occupancy levels between adjacent months.
- Does this row separate international visitors from domestic campers?
- This specific series aggregates all registered stays into a single combined total.