Provinces of Spain by nights spent in tourist accommodation

Name: Provinces of Spain by nights spent in tourist accommodation, 2022
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Barcelona province had the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation of 49 provinces in 2022, at 35.74 million. Melilla province had the lowest, at 120,379. The median was 2.14 million and the figure for Spain was 451.62 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest35,739,138Barcelona province

Lowest120,379Melilla province

Median2,142,54249 provinces

Spain451,624,940History

All provinces, 2022

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2022 count	Change on 2021
1	Barcelona province	35,739,138	+113.6%
2	Alicante province	29,222,589	+66.7%
3	Málaga province	27,033,922	+70.2%
4	Madrid province	26,703,916	+72.5%
5	Girona province	22,723,698	+56.2%
6	Tarragona province	18,046,422	+65.2%
7	Valencia province	12,134,394	+51.3%
8	Cádiz province	9,923,722	+37.9%
9	Seville province	8,372,023	+90.2%
10	Castellón province	7,993,551	+34.4%
11	Granada province	6,796,678	+68.5%
12	Almería province	6,515,627	+40.3%
13	Asturias province	6,109,286	+22.1%
14	Cantabria province	5,585,561	+35.2%
15	A Coruña province	5,464,792	+51.5%
16	Huelva province	5,438,243	+45.5%
17	Murcia province	5,192,434	+40.4%
18	Pontevedra province	4,693,733	+34.4%
19	Gipuzkoa province	4,095,228	+52.3%
20	Huesca province	4,029,059	+32.7%
21	Navarre province	3,726,280	+34.4%
22	Biscay province	3,634,224	+57%
23	Lleida province	3,348,092	+33.4%
24	Zaragoza province	2,996,950	+43.5%
25	Salamanca province	2,142,542	+51.8%
26	Córdoba province	2,127,093	+58.6%
27	Cáceres province	2,109,344	+32%
28	Burgos province	1,935,713	+61.6%
29	Toledo province	1,840,885	+55%
30	León province	1,809,369	+34.3%
31	Lugo province	1,699,063	+36.2%
32	La Rioja province	1,580,147	+34.8%
33	Badajoz province	1,487,768	+47%
34	Valladolid province	1,473,201	+48.8%
35	Jaén province	1,438,012	+34.2%
36	Teruel province	1,356,101	+26.5%
37	Segovia province	1,317,335	+62.7%
38	Albacete province	1,185,871	+34.6%
39	Álava province	1,160,250	+35.4%
40	Ávila province	1,120,099	+38.8%
41	Cuenca province	954,895	+28.9%
42	Ciudad Real province	907,861	+40.2%
43	Soria province	876,843	+27.4%
44	Ourense province	788,169	+29.8%
45	Guadalajara province	735,747	+33.7%
46	Zamora province	597,207	+27.1%
47	Palencia province	563,512	+38.9%
48	Ceuta province	137,180	+40.9%
49	Melilla province	120,379	+28.4%

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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?

Barcelona province, with 35.74 million in 2022, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest nights spent in tourist accommodation?

Melilla province, with 120,379 in 2022.

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.