Spain received about 10.3 million international visitors during May 2026, 9.5% more than in May 2025 and setting a new record for the month. The United Kingdom retained its position as the leading country of residence, with almost 2.2 million tourists (+6.1%). France (+11.1%) and Germany (+9.0%) each contributed around 1.3 million tourists. Nearly 5.4 million tourists stayed for four to seven nights, making it the most common length of stay and representing a 14.1% increase compared with the same month of the previous year. The number of day-trippers rose by 2.7%, while that of tourists staying for more than 15 nights decreased by 3.7%. Catalonia was the top tourist destination, receiving 21.1% of all tourists, a 13.1% increase compared with May 2025. It was followed by the Balearic Islands, with a 20.6% share of total arrivals, up 5.2%, and Andalusia, accounting for 15.9% of tourists, up 12.7%. Year-to-date, the number of tourists increased by 5.0% and exceeded 36.8 million. source: National Statistics Institute (INE)

Tourist Arrivals in Spain increased to 10260.07 Thousand in May from 9054.13 Thousand in April of 2026. Tourist Arrivals in Spain averaged 4906.84 Thousand from 1995 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 11251.63 Thousand in August of 2025 and a record low of 0.00 Thousand in April of 2020. This page provides - Spain Tourist Arrivals - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Spain Tourist Arrivals - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on July of 2026.

Tourist Arrivals in Spain increased to 10260.07 Thousand in May from 9054.13 Thousand in April of 2026. Tourist Arrivals in Spain is expected to be 9800.00 Thousand by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Spain Tourist Arrivals is projected to trend around 9500.00 Thousand in 2027 and 7500.00 Thousand in 2028, according to our econometric models.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-06-02 07:00 AM
Tourist Arrivals YoY
Apr 5.2% 3.3% 9.0%
2026-07-02 07:00 AM
Tourist Arrivals YoY
May 9.5% 5.2% 6.0%
2026-08-03 07:00 AM
Tourist Arrivals YoY
Jun 9.5% 9.8%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade -5200000.00 -4371900.00 EUR Thousand Apr 2026
Capital Flows 10701.00 3623.00 EUR Million Apr 2026
Current Account 1877.00 4157.00 EUR Million Apr 2026
Current Account to GDP 2.90 3.20 percent of GDP Dec 2025
Exports 34388100.00 35859400.00 EUR Thousand Apr 2026
Exports by Category
Exports by Country
External Debt 2856878.00 2756330.00 EUR Million Mar 2026
External Debt to GDP 167.00 163.00 percent of GDP Mar 2026
Foreign Direct Investment 1596.00 1628.00 EUR Million Apr 2026
Gold Reserves 281.58 281.58 Tonnes Mar 2026
Imports 39560400.00 40231300.00 EUR Thousand Apr 2026
Imports by Category
Imports by Country
Natural Gas Imports 0.00 103203.44 Terajoule May 2026
Remittances 5629.00 4236.00 EUR Million Mar 2026
Terms of Trade 97.00 96.00 points May 2026
Terrorism Index 0.79 1.26 Points Dec 2025
Tourism Revenues 9273.00 7335.00 EUR Million Apr 2026
Tourist Arrivals YoY 10260.07 9054.13 Thousand May 2026
Weapons Sales 341.00 606.00 SIPRI TIV Million Dec 2025


Spain Tourist Arrivals
The tourism sector accounts for around 12 percent of the Spanish GDP and 13 percent of employment.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
10260.07 9054.13 11251.63 0.00 1995 - 2026 Thousand Monthly
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Spain Tourist Arrivals Hit Peak For May
Spain received about 10.3 million international visitors during May 2026, 9.5% more than in May 2025 and setting a new record for the month. The United Kingdom retained its position as the leading country of residence, with almost 2.2 million tourists (+6.1%). France (+11.1%) and Germany (+9.0%) each contributed around 1.3 million tourists. Nearly 5.4 million tourists stayed for four to seven nights, making it the most common length of stay and representing a 14.1% increase compared with the same month of the previous year. The number of day-trippers rose by 2.7%, while that of tourists staying for more than 15 nights decreased by 3.7%. Catalonia was the top tourist destination, receiving 21.1% of all tourists, a 13.1% increase compared with May 2025. It was followed by the Balearic Islands, with a 20.6% share of total arrivals, up 5.2%, and Andalusia, accounting for 15.9% of tourists, up 12.7%. Year-to-date, the number of tourists increased by 5.0% and exceeded 36.8 million.
2026-07-02
Spain Tourist Arrivals Set Record For April
Spain registered about 9.1 million international visitors during April 2026, 5.2% more than in the same month of 2025 and setting a new record for the month. The United Kingdom remained the main country of residence, with nearly 1.7 million tourists (+2.7% compared with April 2025), followed by France with 1.3 million (+5.1%) and Germany with 1.2 million (-9.1%). The most common length of stay was four to seven nights, with more than 4.6 million tourists (+2.7%), while the number of day-trippers fell by 0.1% and that of tourists staying more than 15 nights increased by 2.4%. Catalonia was the top tourist destination, receiving 1.9 million tourists, a 7.7% surge compared to April 2025. It was followed by Andalusia with 1.5 million visitors, up 6.9%, and the Balearic Islands, with 1.4 million, up 1.4%. Total spending amounted to €11.6 billion, 7.4% more than in April of 2025. In the first four months of 2026, the number of tourists increased by 3.4% and reached almost 26.6 million.
2026-06-02
Spain Tourist Arrivals Hit Peak for March
Spain received approximately 6.8 million international tourists in March 2026, 3.3% more than in the same month in 2025 and setting a new record for the month. The United Kingdom led tourist arrivals with close to 1.3 million visitors (+2.1%), followed by Germany with 924,088 (+2.9%) and France with 798,671 (+4.4%). Most tourists stayed four to seven nights, totaling nearly 3.4 million (a 4.1% increase), while both day-trippers and long-stay visitors (over 15 nights) also grew, by 2.2% and 5.5%, respectively. In the first three months of 2026, the number of tourists rose by 2.5% to around 17.5 million. The Canary Islands remained the leading destination in March with 22.9% of total arrivals and a 0.4% increase from March 2025, followed by Catalonia (19.1%, -5.4%) and Andalusia (17.1%, +10.8%).
2026-05-05