Statistics on Hotel Activity. 02/2024

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 5.6% year-over-year in February 2024, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey. Domestic tourism overnight stays decreased by 0.5%: of these, travellers from the rest of Spain increased by 1.1% and Catalan travellers increased by 0.1% and year-over-year. Foreign tourism overnight stays increased by 8.7% 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 (237.1, 163.8 and 153.2 thousand, respectively), and registered positive year-over-year variations United Kingdom and United States by 2.9% and 15.6%, respectively; while France decreased by 6.8%.

By tourism brands, Barcelona, Costa Barcelona and Costa Brava were the locations that registered the highest number of overnight stays in absolute terms (1.7 million, 403.1 thousand and 219.5 thousand, respectively) and Barcelona and Costa Barcelona registered positive year-over-year variations of 5.1% and 14.0%, respectively, while Costa Brava decreased a 1,1%.

On the other hand, the number of travellers registered in hotel establishments grew by 7.6% year-over-year, with an increase in domestic tourism by 0.8% and a increase in foreign tourism by 12.4%.