tourists in the city in 2025
Tourists who visited the city of Barcelona in 2025, according to the Barcelona Tourism Observatory.
Source: Observatori del Turisme a Barcelona, balance 2025Barcelona, Catalonia
Barcelona, hotels 79% full.
In 2025 Barcelona hotels had a room occupancy of 79.0%, with 8.3 million hotel guests. Here are the figures, the Catalan public holidays and the dates that fill your tables.
16.0mtourists in the city in 2025
79.0%room occupancy
20.0mhotel nights
Source: Observatori del Turisme a Barcelona, balance 2025, informe de l'activitat turística 2025
What you need to know here.
Figures and rules for Barcelona, each with its source.
room occupancy
Against 79.3% in 2024. Bed occupancy was 66.7%.
Source: Observatori del Turisme a Barcelona, informe de l'activitat turística 2025hotel nights
In 2025 the city's hotels recorded 19,996,221 nights from 8,337,054 hotel guests.
Source: Observatori del Turisme a Barcelona, informe de l'activitat turística 2025direct economic impact in the city
Direct tourist spending in the city of Barcelona in 2025, out of €14,041m for the whole destination, which counted 26.1 million tourists including the region.
Source: Observatori del Turisme a Barcelona, balance 2025Across Spain
- 10%VAT hospitalityAgencia Tributaria, tipos impositivos en el IVA 2026
- 5 to 10%usual tipSpain.info (Turespaña), currency and payments
- AEPDregulator: AEPDAEPD, funciones y poderes
Busy days, the next twelve months.
Public holidays and events between 16 October 2026 and 16 October 2027. Plan your rota and your deposits around them.
December 2026
- 8Tue
- 25Fri
- 26Sat
January 2027
- 1Fri
- 6Wed
March 2027
- 1MonEvent
MWC Barcelona
to 4 MarchThe connectivity congress returns to Fira Gran Via for four days.
GSMA, MWC27 Barcelona - 26Fri
- 29Mon
May 2027
- 1Sat
June 2027
- 24Thu
September 2027
- 11Sat
October 2027
- 12Tue
How TableFlow works here.
TableFlow comes from Nijmegen in the Netherlands and runs in the founder's own ten venues.
Works
- Bookings on your own website, with the widget in six languages: Dutch, English, German, French, Spanish and Italian.
- Confirmations and other guest emails, with default texts in those same six languages.
- Deposits, quotes with a deposit and gift cards through your own Mollie account, in euros.
- Guest profiles, email campaigns, quotes and guest feedback work the same everywhere.
Not yet, or different
- The Mollie payment page for a gift card still opens in Dutch.
Sources
- Observatori del Turisme a Barcelona, balance 2025 checked on 16 October 2026
- Observatori del Turisme a Barcelona, informe de l'activitat turística 2025 checked on 16 October 2026
- Agencia Tributaria, tipos impositivos en el IVA 2026 checked on 16 October 2026
- Spain.info (Turespaña), currency and payments checked on 16 October 2026
- AEPD, funciones y poderes checked on 16 October 2026
- BOE, fiestas laborales para el año 2026 checked on 16 October 2026
- BOE, fiestas laborales para el año 2027 checked on 16 October 2026
- GSMA, MWC27 Barcelona checked on 16 October 2026
- Mollie Help Center, Can I use Mollie's services in my country? checked on 16 October 2026
