Statistics on Hotel Activity. 11/2025

The number of overnight stays in hotel establishments in Catalonia increased by 2.5% year over year in November 2025, according to the Hotel Occupancy Survey. Domestic tourism overnight stays decreased by 1.2%: of these, those of Catalan travellers decreased by 7.7% and travellers from the rest of Spain increased by 6.0% year over year. Foreign tourism overnight stays increased by 4.2% year-over-year.

By country of origin, tourists from United States, France and the United Kingdom and show the highest figure in overnight stays in absolute terms (258.9, 223.7 and 137.6 thousand, respectively), with positive year-over-year variations in United States (3.7%), France (0.4%) and the United Kingdom (4.3%).

By tourism brands, Barcelona, Costa Barcelona and Costa Brava were the locations that registered the highest number of overnight stays in absolute terms (1.8 million, 403.2 and 268.3 thousand, respectively) with positive year-over-year variations in Barcelona (3.3%) and Costa Brava (3.6%) and negative year-over-year variations in Costa Barcelona (−3.7%).

On the other hand, the number of travellers registered in hotel establishments increased by 5.1% year over year, with an increase in domestic tourism by 2.5% and in foreign tourism by 6.7%.