Provinces of Spain by nights spent in tourist accommodation

Name: Provinces of Spain by nights spent in tourist accommodation, 2021
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Alicante province had the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation of 49 provinces in 2021, at 17.53 million. Melilla province had the lowest, at 93,743. The median was 1.6 million and the figure for Spain was 259.58 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest17,528,099Alicante province

Lowest93,743Melilla province

Median1,598,46549 provinces

Spain259,579,759History

All provinces, 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

count. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-09.

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Alicante province	17,528,099	+67.9%
2	Barcelona province	16,732,721	+80.8%
3	Málaga province	15,879,095	+88.3%
4	Madrid province	15,483,416	+70.5%
5	Girona province	14,543,343	+82.1%
6	Tarragona province	10,923,314	+119.6%
7	Valencia province	8,022,382	+76.2%
8	Cádiz province	7,194,424	+74.9%
9	Castellón province	5,945,569	+80.5%
10	Asturias province	5,005,474	+41.6%
11	Almería province	4,645,090	+89%
12	Seville province	4,402,687	+70.4%
13	Cantabria province	4,131,247	+33.9%
14	Granada province	4,034,473	+51.2%
15	Huelva province	3,736,738	+69.1%
16	Murcia province	3,697,515	+63.9%
17	A Coruña province	3,607,984	+102.1%
18	Pontevedra province	3,493,486	+69.9%
19	Huesca province	3,036,697	+40.2%
20	Navarre province	2,772,118	+79%
21	Gipuzkoa province	2,689,103	+83.7%
22	Lleida province	2,509,061	+26.9%
23	Biscay province	2,314,777	+73%
24	Zaragoza province	2,088,954	+65.8%
25	Cáceres province	1,598,465	+64.4%
26	Salamanca province	1,411,063	+77.8%
27	León province	1,347,209	+86.8%
28	Córdoba province	1,341,339	+54.1%
29	Lugo province	1,247,554	+118%
30	Burgos province	1,197,661	+83.2%
31	Toledo province	1,187,921	+81.7%
32	La Rioja province	1,171,925	+85.8%
33	Teruel province	1,072,025	+61.5%
34	Jaén province	1,071,159	+48.2%
35	Badajoz province	1,012,365	+59.5%
36	Valladolid province	989,993	+67.9%
37	Albacete province	880,941	+57.6%
38	Álava province	856,945	+68%
39	Segovia province	809,695	+63.9%
40	Ávila province	806,879	+46.2%
41	Cuenca province	740,801	+63.7%
42	Soria province	688,149	+55.7%
43	Ciudad Real province	647,430	+68.2%
44	Ourense province	607,025	+59.9%
45	Guadalajara province	550,334	+44.9%
46	Zamora province	470,013	+63%
47	Palencia province	405,799	+49.9%
48	Ceuta province	97,348	+37.4%
49	Melilla province	93,743	+59.2%

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About this ranking

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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Questions

Which province has the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation?

Alicante province, with 17.53 million in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest nights spent in tourist accommodation?

Melilla province, with 93,743 in 2021.

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.