Spain · Hospitality
Where Spain’s international tourists spent €14.49 billion in September
International visitors who stayed overnight spent €2.57 billion on accommodation paid for outside packages in September 2026. They spent another €2.68 billion on package purchases, which can bundle accommodation with transport or other services.
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Spending
Scale · 0 € million to 2,889 € million
Share of total
Scale · 0% to 19.94%
Annual change
Scale · 0% to 10.93%
Switch between the euro amounts, share of spending and annual growth. The six bars are separate expenditure items.
Package purchases and accommodation payments sit on different lines
The package line covers the price paid for a package. The accommodation line shows payments outside packages. The total accommodation component across all bookings would require a way to allocate the bundled price to the underlying services. Source 1 Source 3
Transport and activities had similar spending totals
International transport outside packages accounted for €2.889 billion. Activities accounted for €2.880 billion. Both represented about 19.9% of total spending, based on the released amounts. Food and drinks accounted for €2.263 billion. Source 1
Accommodation had the fastest growth among the five separate items
The accommodation line rose 10.93% from September 2025. International transport rose 7.66% and activities rose 6.07%. The headline total rose 8.08%. The chart can switch from the size of each category to its annual growth rate. Source 1 Source 2
Tourist spending is wider than hotel turnover
The survey follows spending linked to an international overnight visitor’s trip, including expenses such as international transport. Its category totals answer a different question from the revenue earned by accommodation businesses in Spain. Source 3 Source 2