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September marks a transition towards the high season
September, a month of transition towards the high tourist season in the islands (running from October this year until after Easter Week 2027), has left hoteliers feeling broadly positive. Once again so far this year (nine months, from January to September), the Hotel Price Index (IPH), a year-on-year measure, has risen — this time by 4.11%, standing 77.95 percentage points above September 2008 (base 100). That is the second-highest increase by region, exceeded only by the Balearic Islands (132.3% above the 2008 value of 100).
Growth moderates compared with 2025
In September 2025, the same measure behaved more strongly, rising 7% (almost three points more) and even exceeding the national average at the time. This past September that was not the case, as year-on-year growth was 1.5 points below Spain’s, at 6.69% for the same month analysed. Despite this, it would be wrong to talk of disaster — at most, of a moderation in September hotel prices, which are still rising, but less than in the same month of 2025. It is worth remembering that 2025 was the year in which the Canary Islands received more tourists than at any other point in their history.
Average daily rate and revenue per room
Alongside the IPH value, according to the Hotel Tourism Situation statistics published this Friday by the National Statistics Institute (INE) for September 2026, the ADR and RevPAR measures also moved upwards. The first is the average rate charged by hotels — in this case Canarian ones — last September per room per day, calculated on the basis of occupied rooms only. That figure averaged 136.2 euros per room per day, a year-on-year rise of almost 3%, while RevPAR, the average revenue per available room per day, reached 115.6 euros, up 1.52%.
This latter performance may be linked to lower hotel occupancy in the islands last September compared with 2025, which in turn is likely connected to fewer tourist arrivals and/or lower demand from those visitors for these classic or traditional establishments. Although the relative increases are in both cases smaller than those confirmed for September 2025 — pointing to a certain moderation in the pace of tourism growth in the Canary Islands — the figures achieved in the archipelago, in a month that is never among the best, are the fifth best for the ADR measure by region, with RevPAR in an even better position: fourth best in the regional ranking. Both rankings are led by the Balearic Islands.
Nationwide picture for the first nine months
During the first nine months of 2026, overnight stays increased overall by 1.5% compared with the same period the previous year and at national level. Those by travellers resident in Spain rose by just 0.1%, while those by non-residents rose by 2.2%. Andalusia, Catalonia and the Valencia Region were the main destinations for travellers resident in Spain last September, accounting for 22.4%, 13.8% and 12.8% of total overnight stays respectively. By contrast, the main destinations for non-residents were the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and the Canary Islands, with 32.5%, 18.4% and 17.7% of the total.
Balearics lead occupancy as Canaries trail
By tourist area, the island of Mallorca recorded the highest number of overnight stays, with more than 7.3 million. The tourist resorts with the most overnight stays were Madrid, Barcelona and Calvià. In September 2026, 67% of the places on offer nationwide were covered, 0.3 percentage points more than in the same month of 2025. The occupancy rate by places at weekends rose by 0.4% to 72.6%. The Balearic Islands presented the highest occupancy rate by places during September (82.6%). By tourist area, Palma-Calvià achieved the highest occupancy rate by places and at weekends, with 85.3% and 88.8%. The tourist resort with the highest occupancy rate by places and at weekends was Llucmajor, with 90.1% and 94.2%.
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