canary islands hotel prices april 2026

Canary Islands hotel prices continue to rise in April 2026

Hotel price index up again in the Canary Islands

Fresh economic data from the National Statistics Institute (INE), released this Monday, has confirmed that the Canary Islands – Spain’s leading autumn-winter tourist destination – closed its peak visitor season with continuous year-on-year increases month after month. The high season, which ran from October 2025 to April 2026, ended after Easter Week, which fell in the first days of April from the 6th onwards. During these nearly seven months, not a single month passed without an improvement in the islands’ Hotel Price Index (IPH), an official year-on-year indicator measuring the economic performance of traditional tourist accommodation.

The same trend was observed for the average price per occupied room (known as ADR, or average daily rate) and the revenue per available room (RevPAR). Based on this analysis, the hotel business in the archipelago has once again – or continues to – perform exceptionally well.

Strong growth compared to the rest of Spain

Looking at the IPH, it improved by 1.3 per cent in the Canary Islands last April compared to the same month in 2025, with an accumulated increase of 44.8 per cent over the last 18 years (since 2008, base 100). This relative growth is one of the strongest in all of Spain, second only to Andalusia (49.6 per cent) and Madrid (64.6 per cent), which tops the list.

According to the statistical data published by the INE this Monday – the Hotel Tourism Trends report for April 2026 – the average daily revenue per occupied bed rose by 3.8 per cent year-on-year in the Canary Islands, reaching 151 euros. This is the second highest figure in the country, behind only the Community of Madrid, which leads with 164 euros.

Revenue per available room also up, but more modestly

In terms of revenue per available room (RevPAR), there was also improvement, though more modest due to slightly lower hotel occupancy levels. This indicator saw a relative increase of 0.6 per cent, reaching an average threshold of 112.8 euros per available room per day.

Nationally, the average hotel billing per occupied room (ADR) was considerably lower in absolute terms than in the Canary Islands, standing at 122.3 euros in April across the whole of Spain – a 4.9 per cent increase compared to the same month in 2025. Meanwhile, the average daily revenue per available room (RevPAR) across Spain, heavily influenced by occupancy rates in hotel establishments, reached 81.7 euros, with a year-on-year percentage increase of 5.5 per cent. The Canary Islands achieved 112.8 euros in RevPAR.

Occupancy rates: Canary Islands still leads Spain

In April, 58.5 per cent of available bed spaces were filled across Spain, down 0.9 per cent compared to April 2025, according to national INE figures. The weekend bed occupancy rate rose by 0.1 per cent to 65.1 per cent, also at the national level.

The Canary Islands, as is typical during its high season – though this year it closed in April after Easter Week, following the first weekend of the month – recorded the highest bed occupancy rate in Spain, at 68.7 per cent. This figure, however, was already below the average seen in previous months of the autumn-winter season.

By tourist area, the south of Gran Canaria achieved the highest bed occupancy rate (73.9 per cent), while the coast of Gipuzkoa recorded the highest weekend occupancy (79 per cent). The tourist destination with the highest bed occupancy was Sóller in Mallorca (81.3 per cent), with Valencia posting the highest weekend occupancy (84.1 per cent).

Non-resident visitors boost figures

The main destinations for non-resident visitors – those arriving from outside Spain, almost all foreign tourists – were the Canary Islands, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands, accounting for 25.4 per cent, 18.2 per cent and 17.7 per cent of the national total, respectively. By tourist area, the island of Mallorca recorded the highest number of overnight stays, with over 3.4 million. As for individual tourist destinations, Madrid, Barcelona and San Bartolomé de Tirajana in Gran Canaria recorded the most overnight stays.

Two-month analysis smooths out Easter effect

Given that Easter Week in 2026 fell across March and April, while in 2025 it fell only in April, it is advisable to analyse the two months together. When this is done, a 3 per cent increase in overnight stays is observed compared to the same two-month period in 2025: overnight stays by residents rose by 2.8 per cent, and those by non-residents by 3.1 per cent, across Spain as a whole.

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