Provinces of Spain by nights spent in tourist accommodation

Name: Provinces of Spain by nights spent in tourist accommodation, 2023
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Barcelona province had the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation of 49 provinces in 2023, at 39.77 million. Melilla province had the lowest, at 132,824. The median was 2.39 million and the figure for Spain was 484.99 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest39,770,370Barcelona province

Lowest132,824Melilla province

Median2,390,90349 provinces

Spain484,987,485History

All provinces, 2023

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2023 count	Change on 2022
1	Barcelona province	39,770,370	+11.3%
2	Alicante province	31,996,890	+9.5%
3	Madrid province	30,238,007	+13.2%
4	Málaga province	29,676,095	+9.8%
5	Girona province	23,634,098	+4%
6	Tarragona province	18,861,398	+4.5%
7	Valencia province	12,661,934	+4.3%
8	Cádiz province	10,685,787	+7.7%
9	Seville province	9,668,181	+15.5%
10	Castellón province	7,790,870	-2.5%
11	Granada province	7,416,276	+9.1%
12	Almería province	6,835,184	+4.9%
13	Asturias province	6,672,748	+9.2%
14	A Coruña province	5,863,069	+7.3%
15	Cantabria province	5,811,506	+4%
16	Huelva province	5,738,936	+5.5%
17	Murcia province	5,493,664	+5.8%
18	Pontevedra province	4,937,376	+5.2%
19	Gipuzkoa province	4,286,816	+4.7%
20	Biscay province	4,060,901	+11.7%
21	Navarre province	4,032,325	+8.2%
22	Huesca province	3,957,295	-1.8%
23	Lleida province	3,369,984	+0.7%
24	Zaragoza province	3,218,044	+7.4%
25	Córdoba province	2,390,903	+12.4%
26	Salamanca province	2,383,810	+11.3%
27	Cáceres province	2,199,892	+4.3%
28	Burgos province	2,165,552	+11.9%
29	León province	2,028,989	+12.1%
30	Toledo province	1,932,257	+5%
31	Lugo province	1,822,931	+7.3%
32	La Rioja province	1,716,159	+8.6%
33	Badajoz province	1,584,266	+6.5%
34	Valladolid province	1,573,553	+6.8%
35	Jaén province	1,491,087	+3.7%
36	Segovia province	1,405,219	+6.7%
37	Teruel province	1,391,622	+2.6%
38	Álava province	1,378,390	+18.8%
39	Albacete province	1,238,598	+4.4%
40	Ávila province	1,201,472	+7.3%
41	Ciudad Real province	958,299	+5.6%
42	Cuenca province	943,766	-1.2%
43	Soria province	928,505	+5.9%
44	Ourense province	891,622	+13.1%
45	Guadalajara province	801,261	+8.9%
46	Palencia province	642,215	+14%
47	Zamora province	597,440	0%
48	Ceuta province	144,427	+5.3%
49	Melilla province	132,824	+10.3%

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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 39.77 million in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest nights spent in tourist accommodation?

Melilla province, with 132,824 in 2023.

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.