Provinces of Spain by nights spent in tourist accommodation

Alicante province had the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation of 49 provinces in 2020, at 10.44 million. Melilla province had the lowest, at 58,895. The median was 972,510 and the figure for Spain was 144.68 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest10,441,675Alicante province
Lowest58,895Melilla province
Median972,51049 provinces
Spain144,677,028History

All provinces, 2020

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Alicante provinceAlicante province: 10,441,675 count10,441,675Barcelona provinceBarcelona province: 9,252,975 count9,252,975Madrid provinceMadrid province: 9,083,550 count9,083,550Málaga provinceMálaga province: 8,434,109 count8,434,109Girona provinceGirona province: 7,984,281 count7,984,281Tarragona provinceTarragona province: 4,973,942 count4,973,942Valencia provinceValencia province: 4,553,544 count4,553,544Cádiz provinceCádiz province: 4,114,528 count4,114,528Asturias provinceAsturias province: 3,536,140 count3,536,140Castellón provinceCastellón province: 3,294,477 count3,294,477Cantabria provinceCantabria province: 3,085,895 count3,085,895Granada provinceGranada province: 2,668,078 count2,668,078Seville provinceSeville province: 2,583,796 count2,583,796Almería provinceAlmería province: 2,457,719 count2,457,719Murcia provinceMurcia province: 2,256,175 count2,256,175Huelva provinceHuelva province: 2,209,917 count2,209,917Huesca provinceHuesca province: 2,166,599 count2,166,599Pontevedra provincePontevedra province: 2,056,283 count2,056,283Lleida provinceLleida province: 1,976,684 count1,976,684A Coruña provinceA Coruña province: 1,785,438 count1,785,438Navarre provinceNavarre province: 1,548,449 count1,548,449Gipuzkoa provinceGipuzkoa province: 1,463,862 count1,463,862Biscay provinceBiscay province: 1,338,340 count1,338,340Zaragoza provinceZaragoza province: 1,260,097 count1,260,097Cáceres provinceCáceres province: 972,510 count972,510Córdoba provinceCórdoba province: 870,647 count870,647Salamanca provinceSalamanca province: 793,587 count793,587Jaén provinceJaén province: 722,936 count722,936León provinceLeón province: 721,191 count721,191Teruel provinceTeruel province: 663,984 count663,984Burgos provinceBurgos province: 653,702 count653,702Toledo provinceToledo province: 653,645 count653,645Badajoz provinceBadajoz province: 634,724 count634,724La Rioja provinceLa Rioja province: 630,668 count630,668Valladolid provinceValladolid province: 589,695 count589,695Lugo provinceLugo province: 572,352 count572,352Albacete provinceAlbacete province: 558,851 count558,851Ávila provinceÁvila province: 551,755 count551,755Álava provinceÁlava province: 509,979 count509,979Segovia provinceSegovia province: 494,088 count494,088Cuenca provinceCuenca province: 452,509 count452,509Soria provinceSoria province: 441,844 count441,844Ciudad Real provinceCiudad Real province: 384,818 count384,818Guadalajara provinceGuadalajara province: 379,748 count379,748Ourense provinceOurense province: 379,553 count379,553Zamora provinceZamora province: 288,380 count288,380Palencia provincePalencia province: 270,766 count270,766Ceuta provinceCeuta province: 70,874 count70,874Melilla provinceMelilla province: 58,895 count58,895
count. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Nights spent at hotels, holiday accommodation, campsites and similar establishments (Eurostat). Comparable across EU countries and regions.

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

Eurostat. Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 2 and 3 region (tour_occ_nin2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tour_occ_nin2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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Which province has the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation?

Alicante province, with 10.44 million in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest nights spent in tourist accommodation?

Melilla province, with 58,895 in 2020.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Nights spent at tourist accommodation establishments by NUTS 2 and 3 region (tour_occ_nin2). Retrieved 2026-10-09.

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