Statistics on Hotel Activity. 02/2025

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 4.1% year-over-year in February 2025, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey. Domestic tourism overnight stays decreased by 1.6%: of these, those of Catalan travellers decreased by 4.3% and travellers from the rest of Spain increased by 1.0% year-over-year. Foreign tourism overnight stays decreased by 5.2% year-over-year.

By country of origin, tourists from France, the United Kingdom and United States show the highest figure in overnight stays in absolute terms (246.1, 156.7 and 149.8 thousand, respectively), with a positive year-over-year variation in France (2.2%) and negative in the United Kingdom (−1.9%) and in United States (−2.1%).

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, 358.8 and 228.2 thousand, respectively) with negative year-over-year variations for Barcelona (−5.3%) and Costa Barcelona (−11.6%), while Costa Brava increased a 4.7%.

On the other hand, the number of travellers registered in hotel establishments increased by 3.0% year-over-year, with an increase in domestic tourism by 5.4% and in foreign tourism by 1.4%.

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