Statistics on Hotel Activity. 08/2023

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 1.9% year-over-year in August 2023, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey. Domestic tourism overnight stays decreased by 4.5%: of these, Catalan travellers decreased by 6.4% and travellers from the rest of Spain by 1.8% year-over-year. Foreign tourism overnight stays increased by 4.8% year-over-year.

By country of origin, tourists from France, the United Kingdom and Germany presented the highest figure in overnight stays in absolute terms (1.5 millions, 898.2 and 468.8 thousand, respectively), and registered positive year-over-year variations for the United Kingdom and Germany of 11.8% and 1.6%, respectively, while France decreased by 9.4%.

By tourism brands, Barcelona, Costa Brava and Costa Daurada were the locations that registered the highest number of overnight stays in absolute terms (2.3, 2.3 and 2.0 million, respectively) and registered posivive year-over-year variations of 4.8%, 0.1% and 0.7%, respectively.

On the other hand, the number of travellers registered in hotel establishments grew by 4.1% year-over-year, with a decrease in domestic tourism by 1.7% and an increase in foreign tourism by 7.7%.