29 June 2026

Residents Travel Survey (ETR/FAMILITUR)

First Quarter 2026

Main results

The number of trips made by residents in Spain decreased by 4.4% in the first quarter to 33.2 million.
Total expenditure rose by 2.5%, reaching 11,454 million euros.
Andalucía, Cataluña and Castilla y León were the main destinations.

More information

Annex of tables (includes information from the Autonomous Communities)
Results and Advanced Consultation System
Tourism Indicators and other Infographics

Residents in Spain made 33.2 million trips in the first quarter, 4.4% less than in the same period of 2025.

Trips whose main destination was the national territory fell by 5.7%, while those abroad increased by 3.7%.

Trips and average duration by destination. First quarter 2026

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Trips by purpose and accommodation

Leisure, recreation and holiday trips decreased by 6.0% in the first quarter. On the other hand, Visits to relatives or friends decreased by 7.9%.

Trips for Business and other professional reasons increased by 5.2% and those for Other reasons rose by 12.5%.

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By type of accommodation, domestic trips where residents stayed with relatives or friends decreased by 10.3%. In foreign trips, hotel accommodation increased by 9.2%.

Main destinations and Autonomous Communities of origin

The main autonomous communities of destination for trips by residents in the first quarter were Andalucía (16.6% of the total), Cataluña (11.2%) and Castilla y León (9.2%).

Trips by destination (abroad and autonomous communities). First quarter 2026

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In terms of origin, trips made by residents in Catalonia accounted for 16.5% of the total. Comunidad de Madrid (16.5%) and Andalucía (15.8%) came next.

Eliminating the effect of the size of each community, the most frequent travellers were residents of Castilla y León (927 trips per 1,000 inhabitants), Aragón (814) and País Vasco (791).

Travel expenditure

The total travel expenditure in the first quarter reached 11,453.7 million euros, an increase of 2.5% compared with the same period in 2025. Total expenditure on domestic trips increased by 1.8% and on trips abroad by 3.5%.

The average daily expenditure was 95 euros, with 76 euros spent on domestic trips and 142 euros for trips abroad.

Expenditure by destination. First quarter 2026

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By expenditure items, the highest expenditure on domestic trips was on bars and restaurants, with 25.7% of the total and an annual decrease of 1.7%. For trips abroad, the highest expenditure was on transport, with 35.1% of the total and an increase of 1.3%.

Expenditure by item of expenditure according to destination. First quarter 2026

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By origin, the highest average daily expenditure was recorded by residents of Cataluña (110 euros), Illes Balears (106) and Principado de Asturias (102). And the lowest was recorded in Extremadura and Castilla y León (both 76 euros) and Andalucía (80).

Monthly data

March saw the highest number of trips this quarter (11.8 million), while the longest average duration was recorded in January (4.7 overnight stays).

Excursions

The population aged 15 and over made 37.4 million trips in the first quarter, an annual decrease of 9.1%. Of these, 95.5% were for personal reasons.

Data revisions and updates

The data published today are final. All the results of this operation are available at INEbase.

New features of the Resident Tourism Survey (ETR)

A new experimental statistic in the area of tourism, the ETR’s Advance Estimator, will be published on 7 September 2026.

This operation will provide a monthly advance estimate of the tourist trips made by residents in Spain, integrating partial information from the ETR and mobile phone positioning data. Applying a methodology based on predictive models and second-level models or stacking, this estimate will become available just 35 days after the reference month. The first publication will correspond to the data for July 2026.

This will substantially improve the availability of the information, significantly reducing the time lag required for the publication of the ETR, which can last up to five months for the first month of each quarter.

The quarterly ETR publications will update the advanced monthly results, which will then become definitive.

Further information on the ETR’s Advance Estimator can be found in the technical project. And its publication dates on the calendar on the INE’s website.

Methodological note

The objective of the Residents Travel Survey (ETR/FAMILITUR) is to provide information on the trips and excursions carried out by the population resident in Spain, both within the country and abroad, and their main characteristics (duration, expenditure, reason, accommodation, etc.).

In addition, it provides annual information on the percentage of the population travelling for personal reasons and investigates the reasons given by those who do not travel.

Type of operation:: quarterly continuous survey.
Population scope:: population aged 15 and over living in family homes in Spain.
Geographical scope:: the entire national territory.
Reference period of the results:: month, quarter, year (depending on the variable).
Sample size:: the effective monthly sample is around 8,200 persons, who provide information on the trips completed in the two months prior to the interview. The results of a reference month are obtained from around 16,400 questionnaires.
Sample type:: stratified three-stage random sample from the Georeferenced Address Framework. The first-stage units are census sections, the second-stage units are dwellings (a person aged 15 or over has been selected within each dwelling).
Collection method:: telephone and face-to-face interviews and online questionnaire.

For more information, you can access the methodology and the standardised methodological report.

INE statistics are produced in accordance with the Code of Good Practice for European Statistics. More information on Quality at INE and the Code of Best Practices.

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