Statistics on Hotel Activity. 10/2025

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 3.7% year over year in October 2025, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey. Domestic tourism overnight stays increased by 3.2%: of these, those of Catalan travellers decreased by 1.7% and travellers from the rest of Spain increased by 9.1% year over year. Foreign tourism overnight stays increased by 3.9% 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 (717.6, 598.0 and 408.8 thousand, respectively), with positive year-over-year variations in France (8.7%), the United Kingdom (2.4%) and United States (10.2%).

By tourism brands, Barcelona, Costa Barcelona and Costa Brava were the locations that registered the highest number of overnight stays in absolute terms (2.1, 1.1 and 1.1 million, respectively) with positive year-over-year variations in Barcelona (1.8%), Costa Barcelona (8.5%) and Costa Brava (1.1%).

On the other hand, the number of travellers registered in hotel establishments increased by 8.2% year over year, with an increase in domestic tourism by 10,9% and in foreign tourism by 6.9%.