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Provinces of Spain by hotel guests

Balearic Islands province had the highest hotel guests of 50 provinces in May 2026, at 1.83 million. Zamora province had the lowest, at 20,355. The median was 118,217 and the figure for Spain was 12.07 million. Source: the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Highest1,825,793Balearic Islands province
Lowest20,355Zamora province
Median118,21750 provinces
Spain12,074,455History

All provinces, May 2026

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Balearic Islands provinceBalearic Islands province: 1,825,793 count1,825,793Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 1,381,118 count1,381,118Madrid provinceMadrid province: 1,232,338 count1,232,338Málaga provinceMálaga province: 644,629 count644,629Las Palmas provinceLas Palmas province: 530,453 count530,453Girona provinceGirona province: 516,077 count516,077Alicante provinceAlicante province: 488,317 count488,317Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 407,462 count407,462Santa Cruz de Tenerife provinceSanta Cruz de Tenerife province: 399,466 count399,466Seville provinceSeville province: 362,733 count362,733Valencia provinceValencia province: 359,642 count359,642Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 321,432 count321,432Granada provinceGranada province: 272,291 count272,291A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 244,872 count244,872Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 191,241 count191,241Asturias provinceAsturias province: 175,443 count175,443Biscay provinceBiscay province: 175,382 count175,382Almería provinceAlmería province: 151,791 count151,791Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 151,109 count151,109Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 146,268 count146,268Huelva provinceHuelva province: 141,269 count141,269Murcia provinceMurcia province: 135,942 count135,942Castellón provinceCastellón province: 131,394 count131,394Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 128,397 count128,397Navarre provinceNavarre province: 120,328 count120,328Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 116,105 count116,105Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 94,841 count94,841Toledo provinceToledo province: 94,662 count94,662Lugo provinceLugo province: 88,174 count88,174León provinceLeón province: 87,696 count87,696Burgos provinceBurgos province: 83,401 count83,401Huesca provinceHuesca province: 72,118 count72,118Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 67,470 count67,470Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 65,186 count65,186Lleida provinceLleida province: 62,582 count62,582Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 61,362 count61,362La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 60,179 count60,179Jaén provinceJaén province: 54,932 count54,932Segovia provinceSegovia province: 49,964 count49,964Teruel provinceTeruel province: 43,650 count43,650Álava provinceÁlava province: 42,941 count42,941Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 42,018 count42,018Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 40,223 count40,223Ávila provinceÁvila province: 39,110 count39,110Ourense provinceOurense province: 32,761 count32,761Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 30,420 count30,420Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 29,371 count29,371Palencia provincePalencia province: 25,210 count25,210Soria provinceSoria province: 24,559 count24,559Zamora provinceZamora province: 20,355 count20,355
count. Source: INE. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

Full ranking

RankProvincesMay 2026
count		Change on May 2025
1Balearic Islands province Provisional1,825,793+7%
2Barcelona province Provisional1,381,118+4.5%
3Madrid province Provisional1,232,338+2.7%
4Málaga province Provisional644,629-0.6%
5Las Palmas province Provisional530,453+3.6%
6Girona province Provisional516,077+8%
7Alicante province Provisional488,317+3.2%
8Tarragona province Provisional407,462+1.4%
9Santa Cruz de Tenerife province Provisional399,466+5%
10Seville province Provisional362,733-0.5%
11Valencia province Provisional359,642+4.1%
12Cádiz province Provisional321,432+5%
13Granada province Provisional272,291+6%
14A Coruña province Provisional244,872-5.1%
15Pontevedra province Provisional191,241+3.9%
16Asturias province Provisional175,443-2.2%
17Biscay province Provisional175,382+3.5%
18Almería province Provisional151,791+1.1%
19Gipuzkoa province Provisional151,109-2.9%
20Zaragoza province Provisional146,268-4%
21Huelva province Provisional141,269+10.3%
22Murcia province Provisional135,942-3.5%
23Castellón province Provisional131,394+9.4%
24Cantabria province Provisional128,397-6.8%
25Navarre province Provisional120,328+2.1%
26Córdoba province Provisional116,105-4.4%
27Salamanca province Provisional94,841-2%
28Toledo province Provisional94,662-2.5%
29Lugo province Provisional88,174-9.3%
30León province Provisional87,696-7.9%
31Burgos province Provisional83,401-13.5%
32Huesca province Provisional72,118+2.5%
33Valladolid province Provisional67,470+2.6%
34Badajoz province Provisional65,186-9.9%
35Lleida province Provisional62,582-5.8%
36Cáceres province Provisional61,362-2.3%
37La Rioja province Provisional60,179-10.9%
38Jaén province Provisional54,932-8.9%
39Segovia province Provisional49,964-1.2%
40Teruel province Provisional43,650+7%
41Álava province Provisional42,941-10.4%
42Ciudad Real province Provisional42,018-7.9%
43Albacete province Provisional40,223-1.3%
44Ávila province Provisional39,110-3.7%
45Ourense province Provisional32,761+4.5%
46Guadalajara province Provisional30,420+2.5%
47Cuenca province Provisional29,371+6.5%
48Palencia province Provisional25,210+5.4%
49Soria province Provisional24,559+0.6%
50Zamora province Provisional20,355-0.4%

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About this ranking

Guests checked into hotel establishments during the month.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the provinces are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Encuesta de ocupación hotelera: viajeros (tabla 2074). https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Tabla.htm?t=2074. Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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Questions

Which province has the highest hotel guests?

Balearic Islands province, with 1.83 million in May 2026, according to the Instituto Nacional de Estadística.

Which province has the lowest hotel guests?

Zamora province, with 20,355 in May 2026.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Instituto Nacional de Estadística, Encuesta de ocupación hotelera: viajeros (tabla 2074). Retrieved 2026-10-07.

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