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Rural tourism. Travellers and overnight stays. By residence

Rural tourism. Travellers and overnight stays. By residence Catalonia Value
Total travellers (Thousands) Domestic tourism From Catalonia From the rest of Spain Foreign tourism Total overnight stays (Thousands) Domestic tourism From Catalonia From the rest of Spain Foreign tourism Occupancy rate per room (%)
2023 (p) 504.4 423.8 400.8 23.0 80.6 1,344.6 1,050.8 954.2 96.6 293.8 26.6
2022 492.0 424.3 406.1 18.2 67.7 1,285.8 1,044.7 983.8 60.9 241.1 25.6
2021 398.1 372.4 360.1 12.3 25.8 1,098.2 1,001.9 957.6 44.3 96.3 24.1
2020 275.1 260.1 251.2 8.9 15.1 810.4 746.7 712.6 34.1 63.7 23.3
2019 503.8 430.0 402.4 27.6 73.8 1,260.9 985.8 909.5 76.3 275.1 23.0
2018 485.2 423.1 401.5 21.6 62.1 1,264.8 1,002.9 934.9 68.1 261.9 23.5
2017 440.6 375.1 352.8 22.3 65.5 1,202.1 925.6 856.1 69.5 276.6 22.3
2016 394.2 343.0 325.0 18.0 51.2 1,110.7 842.4 783.5 58.8 268.4 21.5
2015 385.4 335.5 314.6 20.9 49.9 1,080.6 813.6 747.1 66.4 267.1 21.3
2014 332.8 288.6 270.3 18.4 44.1 937.6 707.9 646.2 61.8 229.7 19.9
2013 268.5 235.8 225.4 10.3 32.7 746.4 587.5 551.3 36.2 158.9 18.3
2012 290.9 262.8 249.2 13.7 28.0 860.1 701.4 649.2 52.2 158.7 18.9
2011 311.9 288.6 272.2 16.4 23.4 928.0 790.5 737.1 53.4 137.5 19.8
2010 298.3 273.8 260.3 13.5 24.5 900.6 788.7 724.3 64.4 111.9 20.7
2009 330.8 308.7 290.9 17.7 22.1 1,021.2 901.0 824.7 76.3 120.2 24.0
2008 336.7 311.5 290.7 20.7 25.3 1,017.3 889.4 805.1 84.3 127.9 26.3
2007 315.4 293.5 276.7 16.8 21.9 960.9 852.5 780.6 71.9 108.4 26.1
2006 270.4 255.5 240.0 15.5 14.9 848.9 754.4 685.7 68.7 94.5 24.7
2005 228.3 209.1 193.6 15.5 19.2 717.4 609.5 545.9 63.6 107.9 24.4
2004 206.9 192.2 174.9 17.3 14.8 676.1 583.3 506.5 76.7 92.9 25.1
2003 176.6 158.7 141.6 17.2 17.8 528.9 444.6 390.1 54.5 84.3 24.8
Source: Idescat, based on the INE's Survey of occupancy of rural tourism accommodation.
Note: Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.
(p) Provisional data.
Rural tourism. Travellers and overnight stays. By origin Spain Value
Total travellers (Thousands) Domestic tourism Foreign tourism Total overnight stays (Thousands) Domestic tourism Foreign tourism Occupancy rate per room (%)
2023 (p) 4,593.6 3,549.2 1,044.4 12,517.6 9,014.0 3,503.6 26.3
2022 4,395.6 3,531.6 863.9 12,070.3 9,036.3 3,034.1 26.2
2021 3,379.9 2,905.0 474.9 9,779.2 7,979.8 1,799.4 24.0
2020 2,082.9 1,901.2 181.7 6,314.6 5,600.5 714.1 20.4
2019 4,421.4 3,533.5 887.8 11,726.0 8,521.1 3,205.0 23.6
2018 4,260.7 3,396.1 864.5 11,457.7 8,251.3 3,206.4 23.5
2017 4,050.0 3,265.2 784.7 11,033.8 8,075.8 2,958.0 23.4
2016 3,633.6 2,971.3 662.3 9,922.1 7,354.2 2,567.8 22.1
2015 3,264.2 2,713.3 550.9 8,825.1 6,674.5 2,150.5 20.0
2014 2,822.9 2,356.7 466.3 7,750.6 5,817.5 1,933.1 18.2
2013 2,509.5 2,109.5 400.0 6,938.0 5,228.3 1,709.8 16.3
2012 2,670.4 2,280.0 390.3 7,527.4 5,797.8 1,729.6 16.7
2011 2,716.0 2,378.6 337.4 7,696.4 6,158.9 1,537.5 17.4
2010 2,647.4 2,360.6 286.8 7,616.0 6,342.6 1,273.4 18.0
2009 2,714.3 2,448.9 265.4 7,920.4 6,662.8 1,257.6 19.3
2008 2,623.4 2,361.0 262.4 7,843.9 6,475.9 1,368.1 21.7
2007 2,645.2 2,382.4 262.8 7,938.6 6,638.2 1,300.4 23.7
2006 2,425.4 2,180.2 245.2 7,438.4 6,134.6 1,303.8 24.0
2005 1,982.9 1,770.4 212.5 6,306.3 5,088.6 1,217.7 23.2
2004 1,754.4 1,588.3 166.1 5,492.5 4,542.6 949.9 23.5
2003 1,467.5 1,322.7 144.8 4,476.1 3,725.4 750.8 23.0
Source: INE. Rural Tourism Accommodation Occupancy Survey.
Note: Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.
(p) Provisional data.

Last update: February 1, 2024.

Methodological note

Rural tourism accommodation means establishments or dwellings providing tourist accommodation in return for payment and with or without supplementary services. These establishments usually have some specific features:

  • they are in the countryside, in towns with a population of less than 2,000 inhabitants or isolated (outside the town);
  • they are in buildings that existed before 1950, respect the architectural typology of the area and comply with the requirement for peacefulness and integration into the landscape under the conditions set for this purpose in town planning regulations;
  • they offer a limited number of beds and rooms for the accommodation of guests and meet certain basic facility and amenity requirements.

Traveller means any person who stays for one or more consecutive nights in the same accommodation.

An overnight stay is each night that a traveller stays in the rural tourism establishment.

The occupancy rate per room is the percentage relationship between the daily average of occupied rooms and the total number of available rooms in the period analysed.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.