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Tourist Movements at Borders (FRONTUR)

September 2026. Provisional data

Main results

Spain received 10.1 million international tourists in September, 4.3% more than in the same month in 2025.
The number of tourists increased by 5.2% in the first nine months of 2026.

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Infografía: Indicadores de turismo

In September, Spain received 10.1 million international tourists, 4.3% more than in the same month in 2025.

In the first nine months of 2026 the number of tourists visiting Spain increased by 5.2% to over 80.5 million.

International tourist arrivals by months

Annual variation. Percentage

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The United Kingdom was the main country of residence, with more than 2.2 million tourists and an increase of 7.2% compared with September 2025. There were nearly 1.3 million arrivals from Germany (4.7% fewer) and almost 1.1 million from France (1.5% fewer).

International tourist arrivals (*) by country of residence. September 2026

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(**) ) Includes the estimate for Russia.

The main sending countries during the first nine months were the United Kingdom (with nearly 16.2 million and an increase of 5.6%), France (with over 10.3 million and an increase of 1.1%) and Germany (with nearly 9.5 million, down 0.4%).

Main type of accommodation and other characteristics of the trips

The number of tourists who chose market accommodation as their main type increased by 5.3% in annual terms. Within this type, hotel accommodation grew by 5.4% and rented dwellings rose by 6.7%. Non-market accommodation decreased by 1.5%.

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Tourists mostly stayed for four to seven nights, with almost 5.1 million and an annual increase of 7.8%. The number of visitors increased by 12.0% among those without overnight stays (excursionists) and decreased by 15.1% among tourists with longer duration (more than 15 nights).

More than 7.3 million tourists travelled without a tourist package in September, an increase of 3.6%. Over 2.8 million travellers arrived with package tours, an increase of 6.4%.

Main destination by autonomous community

Illes Balears was the top destination for tourists in September, with 21.6% of the total. It was followed by Cataluña (20.8%) and Andalucía (15.3%).

Illes Balears received 0.1% more tourists than in September 2025. The number of tourists visiting Cataluña increased by 4.5% and 5.4% more tourists came to Andalucía.

International tourist arrivals in accordance with the main destination by autonomous community. Monthly and cumulative data. September 2026

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In the first nine months of 2026 as a whole, the autonomous communities that received the most tourists were Cataluña (16.4 million and an increase of 4.0% compared with the same period of 2025), Illes Balears (14.0 million and an increase of 1.7%) and Andalucía (12.6 million, 9.8% more).

Data revisions and updates

The data published today are provisional and will be revised in March next year. All the results of this operation are available at INEbase.

Methodological note

El objetivo principal de la Estadística de Movimientos Turísticos en Fronteras (FRONTUR) es estimar mensualmente el número de visitantes no residentes en España que llegan a nuestro país, así como conocer las características principales de los viajes que realizan esos visitantes. Para la elaboración de FRONTUR se siguen las definiciones y recomendaciones internacionales de la ONU Turismo y de Eurostat en esta materia.

Tipo de operación:: estadística continua de periodicidad mensual.
Ámbito poblacional:: se refiere a los no residentes en España que entran a nuestro país, hayan o no pernoctado, así como a los que pasan por nuestro país en tránsito.
Ámbito geográfico:: todo el territorio nacional, la muestra se recoge en los principales puntos de acceso de los viajeros no residentes, tanto en carretera, aeropuertos, puertos y ferrocarril.
Periodo de referencia de los resultados:: mes.
Tamaño muestral:: el tamaño muestral teórico anual de FRONTUR supera las 450.000 encuestas, que se reparten a lo largo del año, teniendo en cuenta la estacionalidad de los flujos de viajeros.
Tipo de muestreo:: para cada vía se definen estratos que agrupan puntos fronterizos, aeropuertos, puertos o líneas ferroviarias. En la afijación muestral de carretera y aeropuerto se distingue además el día de la semana en el que se realizan las encuestas, diferenciando los días laborables de los fines de semana y festivos. En aeropuertos se definen 21 relaciones aéreas (aeropuerto español de origen-país del aeropuerto de destino).
Método de recogida:: la recogida de información se realiza por entrevista directa cuando el viajero abandona España, mediante cuestionario electrónico multilingüe.

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