Statistics on Hotel Activity. 01/2025

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 4,2% year-over-year in January 2025, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey. Domestic tourism overnight stays increased by 1.3%: of these, those of Catalan travellers decreased by 3.9% and travellers from the rest of Spain increased by 6.4% year-over-year. Foreign tourism overnight stays increased by 5.7% year-over-year.

By country of origin, tourists from France, Italy and the United States show the highest figure in overnight stays in absolute terms (199.2, 145.2 and 134.9 thousand, respectively), with a positive year-over-year variation by 6.7%, 10.8% and 5.0%, respectively.

By tourism brands, Barcelona, Costa Barcelona and Costa Brava were the locations that registered the highest number of overnight stays in absolute terms (1.5 million, 352.8 and 180.6 thousand, respectively) with a positive year-over-year variation by 1.2%, 19.2% and 11.5%, respectively.

On the other hand, the number of travellers registered in hotel establishments increased by 5.4% year-over-year, with an increase in domestic tourism by 1.7% and in foreign tourism by 7.9%.