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Canarias and Andalucía led Spain’s online short-stay nights

Canarias recorded 8.77 million guest nights in short-term accommodation booked through Airbnb, Booking or Expedia in the first quarter of 2026. Andalucía recorded 8.35 million. Those two regions supplied about 53% of the 32.50 million nights in the Spanish regional extract.

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Spain Hotel Business Editorial Team

Online short staysPlatform-booked nights and foreign guest share
Platform-booked nights and foreign guest share
  1. Canary Islands8,767,341 nights
  2. Andalucía8,348,280 nights
  3. Catalonia4,087,249 nights
  4. Valencian Community3,974,770 nights
  5. Madrid region2,914,515 nights
  6. Castilla y León646,229 nights
  7. Balearic Islands604,499 nights
  8. Aragón599,055 nights
  9. Galicia461,344 nights
  10. Basque Country413,108 nights
  11. Asturias348,754 nights
  12. Castilla-La Mancha342,295 nights

Natural Earth land outlines and dashed land boundaries.

Switch between total nights, foreign nights and foreign share. Pins stand for the 12 busiest regions in the quarter.

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The two leading regions moved at different rates

Canarias rose from 8.69 million to 8.77 million nights between the first quarters of 2025 and 2026. Andalucía rose from 7.70 million to 8.35 million. The first remained larger, while the second added more nights over the year. Source 1 Source 2

The share from foreign guests changes the comparison

Foreign-resident visitors made up 87.83% of nights in Canarias and 67.84% in Andalucía. In the Balearic Islands they represented 84.10%, but total nights were about 604,499. A high foreign share can occur in a smaller market. Source 1

One reservation can produce many guest nights

Guest nights count the nights spent by each visitor. For example, two guests staying three nights generate six guest nights. The figures therefore differ from counts of reservations, available homes and room nights sold. Source 3

The data describe bookings through three platforms

The release uses short-stay accommodation booked through Airbnb, Booking and Expedia. It does not measure every short-term stay or the supply of listings at a particular date. The map locates each regional figure at a representative city. Source 2 Source 3 Source 4

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