Statistics on Foreign Tourism. 01/2026

The number of foreign tourists who arrived in Catalonia in January 2026 stood at 1.0 million, a figure that represents a year-over-year decrease of 6.2%.

By country of habitual residence, the countries from which the majority of tourists came from were France, Italy and Germany, with 152.5, 93.0 and 66.6 thousand tourists, respectively. This figures represent a year-over-year variation of −43.8%, −14.7% and 43.6%, respectively.

On the other hand, by reason for traveling, leisure trips, trips for other reasons (health, studies, family...) and business trips had a tourist influx of 789.2, 115.3 and 106.4 thousand tourists, respectively.

As for the principal type of accommodation, hotels and similar had an influx of 613.3 thousand tourists.