European people like to travel inside Europe. And why not when it is possible to find paradise beaches and world class ski resorts. Year 2012, 539.8 million European people visited some other country inside European region.
Most popular countries for visit were Spain, Italy, France, Germany and Austria (UNWTO.org)
Domestic tourism is very important to Europe. A. Janes (2011) reminds that ”domestic tourism expenditure by residents was twice as high as inbound tourism expenditure by non-residents.” Domestic tourism inside in Europe might be so popular also, because travelling is easy to European people. Schengen area helps to travel when tourists basically have free movement inside Schengen area.