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Foreign visitors. Tourists and day-trippers

Foreign visitors. Tourists and day-trippers Catalonia Value
Total Tourists Day-trippers
09/2024 (p) 2,730.8 2,033.3 697.6
08/2024 (p) 3,027.9 2,287.8 740.0
07/2024 (p) 3,423.9 2,394.5 1,029.3
06/2024 (p) 2,775.8 2,003.9 771.9
05/2024 (p) 2,768.5 2,038.6 729.9
04/2024 (p) 2,371.1 1,669.5 701.7
03/2024 (p) 1,982.5 1,346.4 636.1
02/2024 (p) 1,540.0 1,049.7 490.2
01/2024 (p) 1,437.6 958.7 478.9
12/2023 1,662.4 1,020.1 642.3
11/2023 1,686.0 1,145.6 540.4
10/2023 2,302.2 1,669.8 632.5
09/2023 2,441.6 1,818.7 622.9
08/2023 2,813.1 2,154.2 658.9
07/2023 3,223.4 2,309.0 914.4
06/2023 2,579.4 1,819.7 759.7
05/2023 2,656.5 1,924.3 732.2
04/2023 2,313.7 1,541.3 772.4
03/2023 1,641.5 1,052.6 588.9
02/2023 1,480.6 930.2 550.4
01/2023 1,293.1 797.2 495.9
12/2022 1,372.2 814.1 558.1
11/2022 1,451.3 957.1 494.2
10/2022 2,194.5 1,484.8 709.7
09/2022 2,232.5 1,642.4 590.1
08/2022 2,598.3 1,901.8 696.5
07/2022 2,859.5 1,995.7 863.7
06/2022 2,291.4 1,631.1 660.3
05/2022 2,200.9 1,474.9 726.0
04/2022 1,729.6 1,156.9 572.7
03/2022 1,181.2 709.0 472.2
02/2022 1,228.5 619.1 609.4
01/2022 940.4 465.2 475.3
12/2021 1,120.0 558.3 561.7
11/2021 1,049.2 616.1 433.2
10/2021 1,375.0 868.8 506.3
09/2021 1,514.8 877.8 637.0
08/2021 1,894.7 1,076.8 817.9
07/2021 1,546.1 815.7 730.5
06/2021 903.8 404.3 499.5
05/2021 596.2 251.2 345.0
04/2021 287.6 93.5 194.1
03/2021 308.6 85.6 222.9
02/2021 199.8 54.3 145.5
01/2021 193.8 85.4 108.4
12/2020 294.7 97.5 197.2
11/2020 154.9 58.8 96.1
10/2020 755.5 231.0 524.5
09/2020 773.9 275.2 498.7
08/2020 1,103.2 458.3 644.9
07/2020 1,004.1 436.9 567.2
06/2020 224.3 76.8 147.5
05/2020 0.0 0.0 0.0
04/2020 0.0 0.0 0.0
03/2020 645.5 399.1 246.4
02/2020 1,619.7 966.4 653.4
01/2020 1,423.1 870.2 553.0
12/2019 1,633.5 993.2 640.4
11/2019 1,660.6 1,047.2 613.4
10/2019 2,392.6 1,676.4 716.1
09/2019 2,786.0 2,011.7 774.3
08/2019 3,076.5 2,363.3 713.2
07/2019 3,408.2 2,378.6 1,029.7
06/2019 2,818.9 2,176.7 642.2
05/2019 2,665.3 1,835.1 830.2
04/2019 2,509.8 1,671.4 838.3
03/2019 1,969.5 1,280.9 688.6
02/2019 1,629.5 1,030.3 599.2
01/2019 1,360.0 910.3 449.7
12/2018 1,490.5 969.3 521.2
11/2018 1,542.2 1,034.6 507.6
10/2018 2,330.9 1,665.2 665.7
09/2018 2,751.1 2,007.5 743.6
08/2018 3,393.1 2,433.3 959.8
07/2018 3,456.4 2,427.8 1,028.6
06/2018 2,754.4 2,104.4 650.0
05/2018 2,698.0 1,885.4 812.6
04/2018 2,462.4 1,570.9 891.5
03/2018 1,845.1 1,217.3 627.8
02/2018 1,490.9 1,015.8 475.1
01/2018 1,280.8 864.8 416.0
12/2017 1,197.1 822.8 374.3
11/2017 1,360.6 981.5 379.1
10/2017 2,057.7 1,497.0 560.6
09/2017 2,546.6 1,999.7 546.9
08/2017 3,429.6 2,567.6 862.0
07/2017 3,563.0 2,557.1 1,005.9
06/2017 2,720.0 2,026.4 693.7
05/2017 2,692.6 1,920.9 771.6
04/2017 2,400.9 1,755.0 645.9
03/2017 1,617.6 1,155.0 462.6
02/2017 1,475.5 989.2 486.3
01/2017 1,293.8 846.2 447.6
12/2016 1,576.2 956.5 619.7
11/2016 1,613.1 1,010.0 603.1
10/2016 2,358.6 1,562.9 795.7
09/2016 2,640.6 1,876.9 763.7
08/2016 3,382.2 2,501.2 881.0
07/2016 3,545.3 2,394.8 1,150.5
06/2016 2,772.6 1,850.8 921.8
05/2016 2,543.6 1,630.4 913.1
04/2016 2,385.4 1,483.0 902.4
03/2016 1,830.0 1,076.4 753.6
02/2016 1,598.4 930.4 668.1
01/2016 1,556.2 865.8 690.4
Units: Thousands.
Source: Idescat, based on data of the INE's Tourist Movement on Borders Survey and Tourist Expenditure Survey.
Notes:
It considers information of trips of foreign visitors whose main destination is Catalonia.
Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.
Rates of variation for 2016 are chained rates provided by the INE.
(p) Provisional data.
Foreign visitors. Tourists and day-trippers Spain Value
Total Tourists Day-trippers
09/2024 (p) 13,327.1 9,595.1 3,731.9
08/2024 (p) 16,638.7 10,930.8 5,707.9
07/2024 (p) 16,001.0 10,851.2 5,149.8
06/2024 (p) 12,537.2 9,313.5 3,223.8
05/2024 (p) 13,041.6 9,256.4 3,785.1
04/2024 (p) 11,298.6 7,831.1 3,467.5
03/2024 (p) 9,379.4 6,347.5 3,031.9
02/2024 (p) 7,643.5 5,009.3 2,634.1
01/2024 (p) 7,256.1 4,768.2 2,487.9
12/2023 8,551.7 5,209.1 3,342.6
11/2023 8,059.2 5,135.5 2,923.7
10/2023 11,774.6 8,187.0 3,587.5
09/2023 12,506.7 8,795.4 3,711.3
08/2023 15,489.5 10,186.2 5,303.3
07/2023 14,774.2 10,116.9 4,657.2
06/2023 11,471.0 8,307.5 3,163.6
05/2023 11,684.2 8,300.4 3,383.8
04/2023 10,446.3 7,228.1 3,218.2
03/2023 7,804.6 5,247.3 2,557.3
02/2023 6,652.2 4,320.7 2,331.6
01/2023 6,536.3 4,135.0 2,401.3
12/2022 6,886.5 4,127.3 2,759.2
11/2022 6,683.9 4,334.7 2,349.3
10/2022 10,108.6 7,177.0 2,931.6
09/2022 10,747.3 7,767.2 2,980.1
08/2022 13,296.4 8,848.7 4,447.7
07/2022 13,044.9 9,091.4 3,953.6
06/2022 10,214.2 7,498.2 2,716.0
05/2022 9,746.1 6,988.4 2,757.7
04/2022 8,620.0 6,106.3 2,513.7
03/2022 6,061.5 4,039.5 2,022.0
02/2022 5,306.0 3,179.3 2,126.7
01/2022 4,252.8 2,501.4 1,751.4
12/2021 5,070.1 2,950.0 2,120.2
11/2021 5,256.9 3,348.5 1,908.5
10/2021 7,344.8 5,131.2 2,213.7
09/2021 7,021.4 4,691.5 2,329.9
08/2021 8,582.5 5,194.2 3,388.3
07/2021 6,974.3 4,395.4 2,578.9
06/2021 3,943.4 2,215.7 1,727.7
05/2021 2,692.8 1,363.6 1,329.2
04/2021 1,248.6 630.6 617.9
03/2021 1,236.8 490.1 746.7
02/2021 802.2 284.3 517.8
01/2021 1,247.0 434.4 812.7
12/2020 1,574.1 649.0 925.2
11/2020 1,000.3 456.8 543.5
10/2020 2,681.9 1,020.8 1,661.1
09/2020 3,015.0 1,138.9 1,876.1
08/2020 5,354.8 2,441.0 2,913.8
07/2020 4,763.5 2,464.8 2,298.7
06/2020 656.2 204.3 451.9
05/2020 0.0 0.0 0.0
04/2020 0.0 0.0 0.0
03/2020 3,332.0 1,997.3 1,334.8
02/2020 7,174.4 4,427.3 2,747.1
01/2020 6,857.8 4,133.0 2,724.8
12/2019 7,335.6 4,304.7 3,030.8
11/2019 7,606.1 4,655.0 2,951.1
10/2019 11,034.5 7,587.7 3,446.8
09/2019 12,698.9 8,845.2 3,853.7
08/2019 16,155.9 10,118.4 6,037.5
07/2019 14,534.9 9,873.3 4,661.7
06/2019 12,306.0 8,833.9 3,472.1
05/2019 11,363.7 7,919.2 3,444.5
04/2019 10,721.9 7,146.0 3,575.9
03/2019 8,643.2 5,649.6 2,993.6
02/2019 6,984.7 4,380.5 2,604.2
01/2019 6,784.7 4,195.6 2,589.0
12/2018 7,231.5 4,354.8 2,876.7
11/2018 7,241.0 4,536.9 2,704.1
10/2018 11,153.5 7,649.9 3,503.6
09/2018 12,803.6 8,932.3 3,871.3
08/2018 16,121.8 10,175.8 5,946.0
07/2018 14,766.1 10,020.2 4,745.9
06/2018 11,780.7 8,554.3 3,226.4
05/2018 11,624.0 8,086.0 3,538.0
04/2018 10,301.5 6,780.4 3,521.2
03/2018 8,326.3 5,393.2 2,933.1
02/2018 6,615.8 4,218.0 2,397.7
01/2018 6,489.9 4,106.6 2,383.3
12/2017 6,937.8 3,982.5 2,955.2
11/2017 6,973.6 4,392.6 2,581.0
10/2017 10,535.8 7,269.9 3,265.9
09/2017 12,375.0 8,877.3 3,497.7
08/2017 15,835.5 10,397.7 5,437.8
07/2017 15,121.5 10,493.4 4,628.1
06/2017 11,485.3 8,432.0 3,053.3
05/2017 11,438.3 8,002.6 3,435.6
04/2017 10,661.0 7,081.6 3,579.4
03/2017 7,552.5 4,913.9 2,638.5
02/2017 6,600.3 4,119.1 2,481.2
01/2017 6,200.8 3,905.7 2,295.0
12/2016 6,879.1 3,990.4 2,888.6
11/2016 6,623.1 4,098.3 2,524.9
10/2016 10,238.9 7,137.7 3,101.2
09/2016 11,331.6 7,932.6 3,399.0
08/2016 15,765.7 10,027.5 5,738.3
07/2016 14,103.2 9,545.8 4,557.5
06/2016 10,883.0 7,552.8 3,330.2
05/2016 10,409.3 7,111.2 3,298.1
04/2016 9,254.5 6,086.3 3,168.1
03/2016 7,684.5 4,627.2 3,057.3
02/2016 6,254.9 3,678.7 2,576.1
01/2016 6,133.3 3,526.5 2,606.8
Units: Thousands.
Source: INE. Tourist Movement on Borders Survey.
Note: Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.
(p) Provisional data.

Last update: October 31, 2024. Next update: December 3, 2024 Calendari

Methodological note

Foreign Tourism in Catalonia involves data processed by Idescat based on the Survey of Tourist Movement on Borders (Frontur) and Survey of Tourist Expenditure (Egatur) from the INE.

Its goal is to measure, on a monthly basis, the number of visitors living abroad, in accordance with access routes and type of visitor, and reveal the main attributes of said trips.

This statistic encompasses the trips taken by international tourists and day-trippers according to the country where they normally reside (that is, the trips taken by travellers whose usual country of residence is outside Spain, regardless of their nationality).

Tourists are those people who travel to a main destination outside their usual environment, involving at least one overnight stay, for a duration of less than one year and when the main reason for the visit (including business, leisure and other personal reasons) is not connected with a job in a company established in the location visited.

Day-trippers are those people who travel to a main destination outside their usual environment, involving no overnight stay. Said visits must meet the following characteristics:

  • The point of departure must be the person's usual environment.
  • The visit cannot be part of the person's daily routine.
  • It must have a duration of at least three hours.
  • Its frequency must be less than once per week.

Up until the third quarter of 2015, the Spanish Institute of Tourism was in charge of producing the Survey of Tourist Movement on Borders (Frontur) and the Survey of Tourist Expenditure (Egatur). Starting in the last quarter of 2015, the body in charge of said operations is the INE. Said shift of responsibilities also entailed a change in the design and methodology of the surveys, which means the data will not be entirely comparable to previous series.

ADR or RevPAR estimates, due to methodological reasons.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.