Residents in Spain made 58.2 million trips in the third quarter, 3.6% less than in the same period of 2024.
Trips whose main destination was the national territory decreased by 4.7%, and those abroad increased by 4.0%.
Leisure, recreation and holidays decreased by 2.8% in the third quarter and Visits to relatives or friends fell by 2.2%.
Trips for Business and other professional reasons decreased by 18.0%, while trips for Other reasons fell by 5.1%.
By type of accommodation, domestic trips where residents stayed with relatives or friends decreased by 1.8%. In foreign trips, hotel accommodation increased by 19.9%.
The main autonomous communities of destination for trips by residents in the third quarter were Andalucía (17.3% of the total), Cataluña (12.3%), and Comunitat Valenciana (10.7%).
Note: the data marked with "-" do not have sufficient sampling support.
In terms of origin, trips made by residents in the Comunidad de Madrid accounted for 18.9% of the total. This was followed by Cataluña (17.1%) and Andalucía (15.3%).
Removing the effect caused by the size of each Autonomous Community, those who travelled the most were residents of País Vasco (1,562 trips per 1,000 inhabitants), Comunidad de Madrid (1,511) and Aragón (1,360).
Total travel expenditure in the third quarter was 25,014.9 million euros, an increase of 1.9% compared with the same period in 2024. For domestic trips, total expenditure decreased by 0.1%, while for trips abroad it increased by 6.0%.
The average daily expenditure was 67 euros, with 55 euros spent on domestic trips and 111 euros for trips abroad.
By expenditure items, the highest expenditure on domestic trips was on accommodation, with 29.5% of the total and an annual decrease of 0.4%. For trips abroad, the highest expenditure was on transport, with 27.0% of the total and an increase of 8.2%.
By main destination, the highest average daily expenses were recorded in trips to Canarias (96 euros), Illes Balears (87), and Comunidad de Madrid (82). And the lowest in Castilla-La Mancha (37 euros), Castilla y León (38) and Extremadura (42).
By origin, the highest daily expenditures were made by residents in Canarias (84 euros), Extremadura (77) and Galicia (76). The lowest were in the Region of Murcia (56), Castilla y León (60) and País Vasco (62).
August recorded the highest number of trips this quarter (24.9 million) and the longest average duration (7.8 overnight stays).
The population aged 15 and over made 50.0 million trips in the third quarter, an annual decrease of 2.5%. Of these, 98.1% were for personal reasons.
The data published today are final. All the results of this operation are available at INEbase.
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.
For more information, you can access the methodology and the standardised methodological report.
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