Half of Spain’s September overnight visitors stayed four to seven nights

The overnight share uses 10.14 million tourists

INE distinguishes overnight tourists from same-day visitors. Four-to-seven-night stays made up 50.03% of overnight tourists in September. They accounted for 34.75% of all visitors once same-day trips were included. The chart uses the latter denominator. Source 1 Source 2

The shorter and longer ends moved differently

Same-day visits rose 11.99% from September 2025, while stays over 15 nights fell 15.13%. The first nine months showed a smaller change in both categories, at plus 2.13% and minus 0.46%. One month and a cumulative period answer different questions. Source 1

Packages accounted for 2.82 million tourists

About 27.9% of overnight tourists travelled with a package in September. The number on packages rose 6.44%, compared with 3.55% growth for trips without one. The two groups are organised by how people booked their trip. Source 1 Source 2

Purpose is a separate cut of the same tourists

INE classed 8.98 million September overnight arrivals as leisure or holidays and 485,339 as business or professional trips. A trip appears once in the purpose breakdown and again in the duration breakdown. Read the two sets of shares separately. Source 1

Sources

• INE September 2026 FRONTUR tables 6 to 8
• INE September 2026 border survey and methodology