- Spain received 82.8m international visitors in the first ten months of 2026.
- Spending exceeded €110bn, surpassing the 2023 record.
- October arrivals reached 8.9m, up 9.5pc.
- England remained the leading source market with 1.8m visitors.
- Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Andalusia were top destinations.
Spain has received 82.8m international visitors in the first ten months of 2026, a rise of 10.8pc on the previous year according to figures published by the National Statistics Institute. Spending by these tourists exceeded €110bn, already surpassing the full-year record of €108bn set in 2023. The increase in expenditure reached 16.8pc.
In October alone 8.9m international tourists arrived, up 9.5pc, and they spent €11.898bn, a 15.5pc rise. Average spending per visitor stood at €1,327, 5.5pc higher than a year earlier, while daily spend reached €191. The average stay lasted seven days.
England remained the leading source market with 1.8m visitors in October, followed by Germany with 1.3m, up 14pc, and France with 1.2m, up 16.7pc. Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Andalusia were the top destinations, though smaller regions also recorded strong growth of nearly 20pc.
