Statistics on Hotel Activity. 05/2023

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 14.9% year-over-year in May 2023, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey. Domestic tourism overnight stays increased by 1.3%: of these, Catalan travellers decreased by 6.8% and travellers from the rest of Spain increased by 11.7% year-over-year. Foreign tourism overnight stays decreased by 20.5% year-over-year.

By country of origin, tourists from France, United Kingdom and United States presented the highest figure in overnight stays in absolute terms (910.9, 635.2 and 388.9 thousand, respectively), and registered positive year-over-year variations of 14.8%, 27.5% and 26.1%, respectively.

By tourism brands, Barcelona, Costa Brava and Costa Barcelona were the locations that registered the highest number of overnight stays in absolute terms (2.1, 1.2 and 1.1 million, respectively) and registered positive year-over-year variations of 5.4%, 23.7% and 21.4%, respectively.

On the other hand, the number of travellers registered in hotel establishments grew by 13.7% year-over-year, with an increase in both domestic and foreign tourism by 2.1% and 20.5%, respectively.