Overnight stays in hotel establishments increased by 5.4% in March compared to the same month in 2025, and exceeded 23.6 million.
Stays of travellers resident in Spain rose by 5.2% and those of non-residents by 5.5%.
Percentage
During the first three months of 2026, overnight stays grew 3.4%, as compared to the same period of the previous year. Those of travellers resident in Spain increased by 2.1% and those of non-residents by 4.2%.
Andalucía, Cataluña and Comunitat Valenciana were the main destinations for travellers resident in Spain in March, with 19.8%, 13.9% and 12.7% of the total number of overnight stays, respectively.
The main destinations for non-residents were Canarias, Andalucía and Cataluña, with 37.7%, 15.6% and 15.4% of the total, respectively.
By tourist areas, Isla de Tenerife recorded the highest number of overnight stays, with more than 2.2 million. On the other hand, the tourist destinations with the most overnight stays were Barcelona, Madrid and San Bartolomé de Tirajana.
Travellers from the United Kingdom and Germany accounted for 23.4% and 18.6%, respectively, of total non-resident overnight stays in March.
Overnight stays by travellers from France, the United States and Italy (the next largest source markets) accounted for 6.5%, 5.4% and 4.4% of the total, respectively.
In March, 53.7% of the bed-places offered were occupied, 1.5% more than in March 2025. The weekend occupancy rate by bed places rose by 0.1% to 59.3%.
Canarias presented the highest occupancy rate by bedplaces during March (74.9%).
The tourist destination with the highest level of occupancy by places and at weekends, was the south of Gran Canaria, with 79.0% and 78.4%, respectively.
The tourist destination with the highest level of occupancy by places and at weekends was Mogán, with (80.4%).
The Hotel Price Index rose by 4.5% in March compared to the same month in 2025.
Annual variation rate. Percentage
By communities and autonomous cities, the greatest increase was registered in La Rioja (7.1%) and the sharpest decrease was in Aragón (-1.8%).
By category, the highest price increase occurred in one silver star establishments (5.3%).
The average hotel revenue per occupied room (ADR) was 117.8 euros in March, an increase of 3.7% compared to the same month in 2025.
The average daily revenue per available room (RevPAR), which is determined by the occupancy of these establishments, reached 75.0 euros, an increase of 3.8%.
By category, the ADR was 282.8 euros for five-star hotels, 120.3 euros for four-star hotels and 88.2 euros for three-star hotels. RevPAR for these same categories was 182.6, 85.6 and 56.8 euros, respectively.
The touristic area with the greatest ADR was Naut Aran, with 223.8 euros. Adeje presented the greatest RevPar of 193.7 euros.
Euros
INE has today updated the data for February 2025 of the Hotel Occupancy Survey, the Hotel Price Index and the Hotel Sector Profitability Indicators. All results of this operation are available on INEBase.
The objective of the Hotels Occupancy Survey (EOH) is to ascertain a series of variables that make it possible to describe the fundamental characteristics of the hotel sector, both from the point of view of supply and demand.
The Hotel Price Index (IPH) is a statistical measure of the monthly evolution of prices applied to clients that hotel entrepreneurs apply to their customers.
The objective of the Indicators of Profitability of the Hotel Sector (IRSH) is to facilitate decision-making in the hotel sector. These are the Average Daily Rate (ADR), which collects the average daily income per occupied room, and the Revenue per Available Room (RevPAR), which collects the average daily revenue per available room.
For additional information, you can access the methodologies (EOH, IPH and IRSH) and the standard methodological reports (EOH, IPH and IRSH).
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