Statistics on Hotel Activity. 06/2023

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 3.8% year-over-year in June 2023, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey. Domestic tourism overnight stays decreased by 6.8%: of these, Catalan travellers decreased by 11.3% and travellers from the rest of Spain by 0.4% year-over-year. Foreign tourism overnight stays increased by 9.1% year-over-year.

By country of origin, tourists from the United Kingdom, France and United States presented the highest figure in overnight stays in absolute terms (846.8, 550.3 and 441.5 thousand, respectively), and registered positive year-over-year variations for the United Kingdom and United States of 20.9% and 8.3%, respectively, while France decreased by 9.0%.

By tourism brands, Barcelona, Costa Brava and Costa Daurada were the locations that registered the highest number of overnight stays in absolute terms (2.0, 1.4 and 1.3 million, respectively) and registered year-over-year variations of diferent sign: Barcelona decreased by 0.4%, while Costa Brava and Costa Daurada increased by 8.8% and 6.5%, respectively.

On the other hand, the number of travellers registered in hotel establishments grew by 5.4% year-over-year, with a decrease in domestic tourism by 1.3% and an increase in foreign tourism by 10.3%.