Statistics on Hotel Activity. 08/2025

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia decreased by 1.0% year-over-year in August 2025, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey. Domestic tourism overnight stays decreased by 2.2%: of these, those of Catalan travellers decreased by 10.0% and travellers from the rest of Spain increased by 8.9% year-over-year. Foreign tourism overnight stays decreased by 0.5% year-over-year.

By country of origin, tourists from France, the United Kingdom and Germany show the highest figure in overnight stays in absolute terms (1,4 million, 933.1 and 508.7 thousand, respectively), with a positive year-on-year variation in France (5.6%) and negative variations in the United Kingdom (−2.3) and Germany (−12.1%).

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 1.9 million, respectively) with negative year-on-year variations in Costa Brava (−0.5%) and Costa Daurada (−3.6%) and positive in Barcelona (0.8%).

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 2.4% and in foreign tourism by 3.2%.