Occupancy of tourism accommodation. By type
| Travellers (thousands) | Hotel establishments | Campsites | Rural tourism | Overnight stays (thousands) | Hotel establishments | Campsites | Rural tourism | Occupancy rate (%) | Hotel establishments | Campsites | Rural tourism | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 25,719.3 | 21,207.1 | 4,006.0 | 506.2 | 79,113.8 | 58,690.2 | 19,078.4 | 1,345.2 | 70.0 | 48.1 | 26.4 | |
| 2022 | 23,413.3 | 19,095.9 | 3,825.4 | 492.0 | 72,871.5 | 53,109.8 | 18,475.9 | 1,285.8 | 65.9 | 47.5 | 25.6 | |
| 2021 | 13,671.9 | 10,238.1 | 3,035.7 | 398.1 | 40,356.0 | 25,588.7 | 13,669.1 | 1,098.2 | 46.2 | 41.3 | 24.1 | |
| 2020 | 7,863.4 | 5,895.9 | 1,692.4 | 275.1 | 21,441.0 | 13,312.0 | 7,318.6 | 810.4 | 37.4 | 35.5 | 23.3 | |
| 2019 | 24,643.7 | 20,752.4 | 3,387.5 | 503.8 | 76,665.8 | 58,235.8 | 17,169.1 | 1,260.9 | 69.1 | 44.5 | 23.0 | |
| 2018 | 23,778.7 | 20,045.3 | 3,248.2 | 485.2 | 74,788.1 | 56,745.3 | 16,778.0 | 1,264.8 | 67.8 | 43.4 | 23.5 | |
| 2017 | 23,473.2 | 19,772.0 | 3,260.6 | 440.6 | 75,311.0 | 57,220.5 | 16,888.4 | 1,202.1 | 68.8 | 43.9 | 22.3 | |
| 2016 | 22,492.4 | 19,094.4 | 3,003.8 | 394.2 | 72,427.5 | 55,550.6 | 15,766.2 | 1,110.7 | 67.1 | 42.7 | 21.5 | |
| 2015 | 20,821.8 | 17,686.4 | 2,750.0 | 385.4 | 68,298.4 | 51,982.1 | 15,235.7 | 1,080.6 | 63.4 | 42.4 | 21.3 | |
| 2014 | 19,700.9 | 16,754.3 | 2,613.8 | 332.8 | 65,557.0 | 50,018.6 | 14,600.8 | 937.6 | 61.1 | 41.0 | 19.9 | |
| 2013 | 18,974.6 | 16,207.7 | 2,498.4 | 268.5 | 64,536.1 | 49,295.5 | 14,494.2 | 746.4 | 60.5 | 38.7 | 18.3 | |
| 2012 | 18,863.8 | 16,236.9 | 2,336.0 | 290.9 | 63,516.0 | 48,376.5 | 14,279.4 | 860.1 | 60.0 | 39.1 | 18.9 | |
| 2011 | 19,240.6 | 16,506.3 | 2,422.4 | 311.9 | 63,316.4 | 48,173.7 | 14,214.8 | 928.0 | 60.4 | 39.8 | 19.8 | |
| 2010 | 18,468.8 | 15,727.7 | 2,442.8 | 298.3 | 59,661.3 | 45,336.1 | 13,424.6 | 900.6 | 57.5 | 38.2 | 20.7 | |
| 2009 | 16,815.2 | 14,031.3 | 2,453.1 | 330.8 | 55,085.9 | 40,742.2 | 13,322.5 | 1,021.2 | 56.0 | 40.1 | 24.0 | |
| 2008 | 17,015.4 | 14,437.7 | 2,577.7 | 336.7 | 57,026.9 | 42,150.2 | 13,859.4 | 1,017.3 | 60.0 | 41.1 | 26.3 | |
| 2007 | 17,409.4 | 14,425.2 | 2,668.8 | 315.4 | 57,338.4 | 42,283.7 | 14,093.8 | 960.9 | 63.6 | 41.9 | 26.1 | |
| 2006 | 17,161.7 | 14,252.9 | 2,638.4 | 270.4 | 57,094.5 | 42,076.0 | 14,169.6 | 848.9 | 63.0 | 42.2 | 24.7 | |
| 2005 | 14,908.2 | 12,146.1 | 2,533.8 | 228.3 | 54,324.4 | 40,124.9 | 13,482.1 | 717.4 | 61.2 | 40.4 | 24.4 | |
| 2004 | 14,498.6 | 11,558.7 | 2,732.9 | 206.9 | 52,165.2 | 38,115.9 | 13,373.3 | 676.1 | 59.5 | 40.7 | 25.1 | |
| 2003 | 13,891.9 | 10,775.0 | 2,940.3 | 176.6 | 51,339.1 | 36,925.0 | 13,885.2 | 528.9 | 59.9 | 39.3 | 24.8 | |
| Source: Idescat, based on the INE's surveys of tourism accommodation occupancy. | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | ||||||||||||
| Occupancy of tourism accommodation, does not include apartments. | ||||||||||||
| 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. | ||||||||||||
Last update: March 11, 2024. Revised series on October 21, 2024.
Methodological note
Definition of concepts
- Occupancy rate by rooms
- Ratio, as a percentage, between the average number of rooms occupied a day per month and the total number of rooms available.
- Occupancy rate by places
- Ratio, as a percentage, between the total number of places occupied per month and those available in the campsite for the period under analysis.
- Overnight stay
- Each of the nights that a traveller stays in an establishment used for collective accommodation or in a private form of tourist accommodation.
- Traveller
- Person who moves outside of their usual environment. Travellers are classified by their place of residence, which in the case of residents of Spain is the autonomous community they usually reside in. The term traveller in the occupancy section is used as a synonym of tourist or a person that stays for at least one night in any form of accommodation.
Methodological aspects
The tourist accommodation occupancy surveys by INE are one of the statistical sources for measuring tourist activity. The main objective is to ascertain the behaviour of a series of variables which make it possible to describe the basic characteristics of this type of accommodation in the tourism sector: travellers, overnight stays and occupancy rate.
The surveys are aimed at hotel establishments, campsites and rural tourism accommodations registered in the registry of the General Directorate of Tourism and which can be viewed in the lists of tourist establishments published by the Ministry of Business and Labour.
When the value is lower than that of the minimum unit to be able to estimate the statistical operation or if it effects statistical confidentiality, the symbol used is "..".