The aim of the article is to provide an overview on the development of tourist journeys in the Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Austria and Slovakia and to determine trends in their development. The article provides the development of tourism with regard to tourist journeys, which are analysed according to the purpose and lengths of stay. The reference periods are the years 2012, 2013 and 2014. In the introduction of the article, there is the concept of tourism set into a deeper context, followed by a classification of the literature on the topic and the selection of the most important publications on the topic. This is followed by the most important terminological clarification of terms. The data analysed related to tourist journeys in the article originate from the Czech Statistical Office, which provides statistics of Eurostat, allowing thus comparisons of statistical data in the European context. Based on the statistical data in the area of tourism, tourist journeys are analysed according to the purpose and lengths of stay, the obtained data are compared within analysed indicators in a selected European context.