Provinces of Spain by nights spent in tourist accommodation

Name: Provinces of Spain by nights spent in tourist accommodation, 2024
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Barcelona province had the highest nights spent in tourist accommodation of 49 provinces in 2024, at 41.22 million. Melilla province had the lowest, at 133,821. The median was 2.43 million and the figure for Spain was 505.17 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest41,221,572Barcelona province

Lowest133,821Melilla province

Median2,427,85949 provinces

Spain505,166,012History

All provinces, 2024

CSV Chart (SVG)

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

Full ranking

Rank	Provinces	2024 count	Change on 2023
1	Barcelona province	41,221,572	+3.6%
2	Alicante province	32,579,948	+1.8%
3	Madrid province	32,320,997	+6.9%
4	Málaga province	30,456,704	+2.6%
5	Girona province	24,474,095	+3.6%
6	Tarragona province	19,697,521	+4.4%
7	Valencia province	13,171,283	+4%
8	Cádiz province	11,137,847	+4.2%
9	Seville province	10,247,326	+6%
10	Castellón province	7,911,112	+1.5%
11	Granada province	7,842,609	+5.7%
12	Almería province	7,168,615	+4.9%
13	Asturias province	6,689,670	+0.3%
14	Huelva province	6,273,367	+9.3%
15	Cantabria province	6,117,130	+5.3%
16	Murcia province	5,710,567	+3.9%
17	A Coruña province	5,560,712	-5.2%
18	Pontevedra province	4,957,000	+0.4%
19	Gipuzkoa province	4,525,954	+5.6%
20	Biscay province	4,279,719	+5.4%
21	Navarre province	4,082,631	+1.2%
22	Huesca province	3,836,157	-3.1%
23	Zaragoza province	3,401,018	+5.7%
24	Lleida province	3,277,502	-2.7%
25	Cáceres province	2,427,859	+10.4%
26	Salamanca province	2,400,850	+0.7%
27	Córdoba province	2,375,058	-0.7%
28	Burgos province	2,093,608	-3.3%
29	León province	2,002,862	-1.3%
30	Toledo province	1,970,951	+2%
31	Lugo province	1,887,944	+3.6%
32	Jaén province	1,809,694	+21.4%
33	La Rioja province	1,675,862	-2.3%
34	Badajoz province	1,653,651	+4.4%
35	Valladolid province	1,561,276	-0.8%
36	Álava province	1,447,433	+5%
37	Teruel province	1,427,216	+2.6%
38	Segovia province	1,407,493	+0.2%
39	Ávila province	1,347,182	+12.1%
40	Albacete province	1,315,813	+6.2%
41	Cuenca province	964,798	+2.2%
42	Ciudad Real province	935,863	-2.3%
43	Ourense province	900,227	+1%
44	Soria province	882,604	-4.9%
45	Guadalajara province	769,292	-4%
46	Palencia province	758,457	+18.1%
47	Zamora province	609,564	+2%
48	Ceuta province	134,584	-6.8%
49	Melilla province	133,821	+0.8%

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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 41.22 million in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which province has the lowest nights spent in tourist accommodation?

Melilla province, with 133,821 in 2024.

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.