Spain · Hospitality
Apartments and campsites accounted for 87% of Spain’s non-hotel nights
Spain counted 14.33 million nights in the four non-hotel categories surveyed in September 2026. Tourist apartments accounted for 7.49 million and campsites for 4.94 million.
Sources checked
- Canarias · tourist apartments2,103,487 nights
- Andalucía · tourist apartments1,350,324 nights
- Cataluña · campsites2,283,071 nights
- Comunitat Valenciana · campsites848,634 nights
- Illes Balears · rural accommodation259,990 nights
- Castilla y León · rural accommodation147,974 nights
- Galicia · hostels157,070 nights
- Comunidad de Madrid · hostels114,857 nights
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Markers use representative city centres. Counts describe total September 2026 nights in the named region and accommodation type.
Apartments were more exposed to international demand
About 69.18% of apartment nights came from people living abroad. Campsites drew about 44.81% of nights from non-residents. The national rows show how the two categories differ when demand is split by residence. Source 1
Rural nights rose as the other categories fell
Rural accommodation recorded 3% more nights than in September 2025. Apartments fell 0.8%, campsites 2.5% and hostels 11.2%. Rural non-resident nights rose 9.9%, while domestic rural nights fell 1.1%. Source 1
A different picture emerges by destination
Cataluña recorded more than 2.2 million campsite nights. Canarias recorded more than 2.1 million tourist apartment nights. Each figure is for a single accommodation category, rather than all overnight stays in that region. Source 1
How to compare with hotels
Spain’s separate hotel survey recorded about 40.16 million September nights. The hotel and non-hotel releases cover different establishments and count nights rather than unique people. The non-hotel survey’s four categories describe its own scope. Source 2 Source 1
How the map selects regions
For each accommodation type, the map plots the two regions with the most nights in the published September annex. A representative city locates each region. The numbers cover the region and should not be read as city totals. Source 1 Source 3