Statistics on Foreign Tourism. 08/2026

The number of foreign tourists who arrived in Catalonia in August 2026 stood at 2.4 million, a figure that represents a year-over-year increase of 9.1%.

By country of habitual residence, the countries from which the majority of tourists came were France, the United Kingdom and Italy, with 496.5, 279.3 and 218.8 thousand tourists, respectively. These figures represent a year-over-year variation of −6.5%, 10.4% and 28.7%, respectively.

On the other hand, by reason for travelling, leisure trips, trips for other reasons (health, studies, family...) and business trips had a tourist influx of 2.2 million, 98.9 and 36.4 thousand tourists, respectively.

As for the principal type of accommodation, hotels and similar had an influx of 2.0 million tourists.