Record-breaking 20 million foreign tourists visit Catalonia in 2025

Catalonia received 20,055,314 international tourists in 2025, setting a new all-time record.

The figures, published on Tuesday by the National Statistics Institute (INE), show that the territory surpassed the 20 million mark for the first time, representing a 0.6% increase compared with 2024.

Average daily spending per person rose 4.2% to €221, while the average stay slipped slightly to 5.6 days, indicating that tourists are staying a bit shorter but spending more.

Since the pandemic, tourism in Catalonia has increased steadily over the past five years.

It is the autonomous community in Spain that receives the most foreign tourists and where they spend the most.

However, despite the record-breaking figures for the year, tourism in December fell 7.3%, marking the lowest December visitor numbers in the past three years.

Across Spain, 2025 also closed with a historic record for foreign tourism, reaching nearly 97 million visitors, up 3.7% from the previous year.