Catalan hotels record best June on record with nearly 2.5 million guests

Hotels in Catalonia welcomed almost 2.5 million guests in June – 2,455,692 to be exact – marking the best June since records began in 1999.

The number of visitors is up 6% on the same month last year (2,317,946).

Despite the record figure, provisional data from Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE) released on Wednesday also showed that overnight stays dipped slightly year-on-year, from 6,906,829 in June 2024 to 6,890,423 this year.

The average daily rate per room rose by 0.8% to €135.26, while the average stay reached 2.81 nights – the highest so far in 2025 – though still down nearly 6% from last June.

Hotel occupancy remained steady at 66.52%, up slightly from 66.36% in June 2024.

New records

This marks the second consecutive year that Catalan hotels have set a new record for June visitor numbers and the third consecutive month of record-breaking figures.

April and May 2025 also posted the highest-ever guest totals for those months, with 1,969,774 and 2,273,037 guests respectively.

In fact, only March has fallen short of setting a new monthly record this year.

Regional breakdown

All Catalan provinces except Lleida saw a rise in visitor numbers.

Tarragona recorded the strongest increase, up 12.4% to 467,360 travellers.

Girona followed with a 6% rise (557,845), and the Barcelona region saw a 4.5% increase (1,348,735). 

Lleida experienced a 3.8% drop compared to June 2024, welcoming 81,752 guests.

A top destination 

Catalonia ranked as the second most popular destination in Spain for both domestic and international travellers in June, accounting for 15.3% and 18.7% of those respective markets.

The most visited tourist destinations by overnight stays were Barcelona, Madrid, and Calvià (Mallorca).
 

Across Spain, overnight stays in hotels rose 2.1% compared to June 2024, exceeding 38.9 million.

The average nightly rate was €129.50 per room, a 5.5% increase year-on-year. Occupancy rates in Spain reached 66.1% of available rooms, up 1.5%.