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Madrid led daily tourist spending while the Balearics led total outlay

International tourists spent EUR 14.49 billion on trips to Spain recorded in September 2026. The Balearics led total spending by main destination at EUR 3.11 billion. Madrid led daily spending among the six individually reported destinations at EUR 359.

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Spain Hotel Business Editorial Team

Tourist budgetsSpending measures for six main destinations in September

Total spending

Scale · 0 EUR m to 3,107 EUR m

  • Illes Balears3,107 EUR m
  • Cataluña2,773 EUR m
  • Andalucía2,053 EUR m
  • Comunitat Valenciana1,887 EUR m
  • Comunidad de Madrid1,729 EUR m
  • Canarias1,709 EUR m

Switch among total spending, spending per visitor and spending per day. The order follows total outlay.

Source 1

Length of stay can reverse the comparison

Valencia’s daily figure was EUR 140 and its average duration was 10.1 days. Madrid’s daily figure was EUR 359 and its average duration was 5.4 days. The trip totals were EUR 1,413 and EUR 1,947 respectively. Source 1

Hotel guests accounted for about seven euros in ten

Trips where the main accommodation was a hotel generated EUR 9.99 billion of spending, or 68.9% of the total. This figure includes trip costs such as transport and meals. INE separately estimated EUR 2.57 billion of accommodation expenditure outside packages for all surveyed tourists. Source 1

How main destination attribution works

The survey groups a trip by its main destination. A trip can include several stops, so the allocated amount describes the trip associated with that destination. Local merchant revenue would require a different geographic accounting method. Source 1

How to read the September label

INE interviews travellers as they leave Spain. A trip included in a monthly estimate may have begun in a prior month. The release is provisional, with revised results expected in March 2027. Source 1

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