Spain · Hospitality
Spain’s statistics institute counted 366.7 million hotel nights in its provisional 2025 results. Non-residents accounted for 244.9 million of those stays, about two-thirds of the total.
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Each bar combines resident and non-resident nights, in millions. Segment labels identify both figures.
A taxable four-star hotel stay in Barcelona carries a €3.40 Catalan rate plus a €5 municipal surcharge per person per day or fraction in the 2026 tariff period. Seven other municipalities listed by the tax agency add €1.80 to the €1.80 regional rate for that category from 1 October 2026.
Spain’s 2026 to 2027 Imserso season offers 879,213 trip places. A seven-night mainland coast package with transport is listed at €244.04 in the standard months and €344.04 in the higher-priced months. The Canary Islands use a different seasonal calendar.
International tourists spent EUR 14.49 billion on trips to Spain recorded in September 2026. The Balearics led total spending by main destination at EUR 3.11 billion. Madrid led daily spending among the six individually reported destinations at EUR 359.
Spain’s state-owned hotel chain reported average occupancy of 76% in 2025, up from 74% a year earlier. Up to 13 establishments were closed at the same time for prolonged work. Reported gross income was lower than in 2024, while income rose in a comparison that excluded hotels affected by renovations.
Spanish port authorities recorded 10.43 million cruise passenger movements from January through September 2026, up 2.0% from a year earlier. September alone recorded 1.21 million, down about 7.5%. Barcelona led both periods.
Residents of the Madrid region supplied 18.53% of September 2026 hotel nights made by people living in Spain. Andalucía supplied 17.81%. The leading source differed across destination provinces, even among those with the most domestic stays.
Hotels in the Madrid region averaged EUR 186.65 per occupied room in September 2026, the highest regional daily rate. The Balearics led revenue per available room at EUR 157.81.
Spanish hotels and similar establishments employed an estimated 332,386 people in September 2026. The Balearics reported 77,988 and the Canaries 62,397. Together the island regions accounted for 42.2% of the national estimate.
Residents of the United Kingdom made 7.71 million Spanish hotel nights in September 2026. They represented 20.39% of non-resident guest arrivals and 27.23% of non-resident nights.
Spain recorded 48.8 million hotel nights in August 2026, 2.8 times the January total. September fell to 40.2 million nights and still ran 1.7% ahead of September 2025.
The Balearic Islands recorded 9.75 million hotel nights and 82.57% bed-place occupancy in September 2026. The Canary Islands recorded fewer nights, while their guests stayed the longest of any Spanish region.
Spain’s Hotel Price Index rose 6.69% in the year to September 2026. Average daily revenue per occupied room rose 7.41%. The difference between the measures was wider in some regions and hotel categories.
Spain’s hotel survey estimated 431,984 rooms in four-gold-star establishments in August 2025, 47.6% of the national total. The category also had the highest estimated room occupancy of the seven shown, at 85.21%.
Spain received 485,339 international overnight arrivals for business or other professional reasons in September 2026, up from 165,959 in August. Leisure arrivals fell from 11.19 million in August to 8.98 million in September.
International visitors who stayed overnight spent €2.57 billion on accommodation paid for outside packages in September 2026. They spent another €2.68 billion on package purchases, which can bundle accommodation with transport or other services.
Spain recorded 5.07 million international tourists staying four to seven nights in September 2026, almost exactly half of its 10.14 million overnight visitors. Another 4.46 million international visitors made same-day trips.
INE’s September 2026 price indices rose 9.8% from a year earlier for tourist apartments, 5.7% for campsites and 2.4% for rural accommodation. Apartment rates for tour operators and travel agencies were up 10.05% in the detailed tariff table.
Spain counted 14.33 million nights in the four non-hotel categories surveyed in September 2026. Tourist apartments accounted for 7.49 million and campsites for 4.94 million.
Spanish residents spent EUR 2.88 billion on accommodation outside packages on domestic trips in the second quarter of 2026. It accounted for 27.3% of their domestic spending. Transport led the budget for trips abroad at 30.5%.
Residents of Spain made 7.89 million overnight trips to Andalucía in the second quarter of 2026, compared with 6.39 million to Catalonia and 5.15 million to the Valencian Community. The Balearic Islands had the highest reported daily spending at €117 per person.
Rural tourist accommodation in Spain filled 38.99% of available bed places at weekends in September 2026. Occupancy for the full month was 23.43%. The weekend gap was 29.50 percentage points in Catalonia.
Canarias recorded 8.77 million guest nights in short-term accommodation booked through Airbnb, Booking or Expedia in the first quarter of 2026. Andalucía recorded 8.35 million. Those two regions supplied about 53% of the 32.50 million nights in the Spanish regional extract.
Turespaña estimated 3.25 million people working in tourism-related activities in the third quarter of 2026. Accommodation had the largest salaried share among four activity groups at 95.3%, compared with 82.8% in food and beverage services.
INE identified 341,001 tourist dwellings in May 2026. Andalucía had the largest count at 90,649. Canarias had the highest share of its census dwelling stock, 4.44%, with 48,356 identified tourist dwellings.
Aena’s Spanish network recorded 31.67 million passenger movements in September 2026. Madrid-Barajas, Barcelona-El Prat and Palma de Mallorca accounted for 15.93 million, or just over half.
Spain’s tourism satellite account puts tourism GDP at EUR 200.7 billion and employment in characteristic tourism industries at 2.78 million jobs in 2024. The two series moved from different starting points in 2021.
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