UK residents made 27% of Spain’s non-resident hotel nights in September

Why arrivals and nights can change the ranking

UK residents averaged about 5.25 hotel nights per arrival. United States residents made 593,900 arrivals and 1.34 million nights, or about 2.26 nights per arrival. A market with longer stays contributes a larger share of nights than arrivals. Source 1

Germany was the next-largest named market

German residents generated 4.93 million nights, or 17.41% of the non-resident total. Together with the United Kingdom, the two markets represented 44.64% of international hotel nights. France accounted for 6.85%. Source 1

Residence is the unit of classification

INE groups guests by where they live. The figures do not classify travellers by passport or nationality. Arrivals also count visits to accommodation, so a person checking into multiple hotels can generate more than one arrival. Source 1 Source 2

How to avoid double counting

The EU subtotal includes named EU markets and the other-EU group. The table retains the subtotal for context. The chart uses named residence markets and holds their order fixed so the two shares can be compared directly. Source 1

Sources

• INE Hotel Occupancy Survey, table 8 in the September annex
• INE Hotel Occupancy Survey, definitions and coverage