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Hotel prices climb across Spain and the Canary Islands
Hotel prices in Spain rose by 6.3% in August compared with the same month in 2025, marking the largest increase since April last year. In the case of the Canary Islands, the rise stood at 6.08%, according to data published this Tuesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE).
The upward trend in hotel prices continues unabated, following a 5.9% year-on-year increase in July, and the series has now recorded 62 consecutive months of rises. Looking at the bigger picture, between August 2022 and August this year, hotel prices in Spain have risen by 27%, with the average daily rate climbing from €127.91 to €166.90.
Canary Islands welcome 1.1 million travellers in August
Last month, the 596 tourist establishments open in the Canary Islands received 1.1 million travellers, of whom 336,433 were residents in Spain and the remainder came from abroad. Together they made 7.2 million overnight stays, with an average stay of 6.49 days.
This meant that the 269,276 bed spaces marketed across the islands recorded an average occupancy rate of 82.01%, rising to 85.22% by rooms, in establishments that employed 63,764 workers.
Spanish hotels close a positive summer season
As for overnight stays in Spanish hotels during the central month of summer, the INE reports that they grew by 1.4% year-on-year in August, reaching 48.7 million overnight stays. Combined with the July figure (up 0.3%), the Spanish hotel sector has closed the summer on a positive note.
Revenue in the sector also rose in August, reaching an average of €166.90 per occupied room, 7.3% more than in the same month last year. The average revenue per available room (RevPAR) for Spanish hotels also improved, standing at €133.10 in August, compared with €124.40 in August last year and €116.90 in the same month of 2024.
Foreign visitors drive growth as domestic stays decline
Stays by foreign visitors proved key in August, with a rise of 2.8%, compared with a fall in overnight stays by Spanish residents (down 1.1%). During the first eight months of this year, overnight stays increased by 1.5% compared with the same period last year, reaching a historic high of 257.43 million. This included year-on-year growth in stays by both travellers resident in Spain (up 0.4%) and non-residents (up 2%).
Where Spanish and foreign travellers chose to stay
Hotels in Andalusia were, overall, the leading destination for travellers resident in Spain, accounting for 24.4% of all overnight stays in August. Spanish holidaymakers also opted, in second and third place, for hotels in Catalonia and the Valencian Community, with 14.9% and 12.8% of all stays respectively.
As for destinations favoured by non-residents, the Balearic Islands, as is traditional in summer, was the preferred region, with 33% of stays in August, followed by Catalonia and the Canary Islands, with 20.6% and 18.2% of the total respectively.
By tourist area, Mallorca recorded the highest number of overnight stays, with more than 8.5 million, while the tourist spots with the most overnight stays were Barcelona, Madrid and Calvià.
British market remains the most important for Spanish hotels
Travellers from the United Kingdom accounted for 25.5% of hotel stays in Spain in August. One in four foreign tourists who visited Spain in August was British, a figure that positions this market as the most important for the hotel sector, followed by the German market, with 14.5% of all overnight stays by non-residents. Stays by travellers from France, Italy and the Netherlands (the next largest source markets) represented 11.1%, 6.2% and 4.8% of the total respectively.
As for hotel occupancy in August, 76.1% of available bed spaces were filled, 1.1% more than in August 2025.
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