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Visitors, overnight stays, average length of stay and bed occupancy rates in hotel establishments of the Basque Country by origin and geographical area. December 2025

Euskal Estatistika Erakundea/Instituto Vasco de Estadística

	Visitors					Overnight stays					Average stay			Degrees of occupation
														by seats			by rooms
	m	%	m-12	%	m/m-12	m	%	m-12	%	m/m-12	m	m-12	m/m-12	m	m-12	m/m-12	m	m-12	m/m-12
BASQUE COUNTRY	257,307	100.0	242,974	100.0	5.9	476,356	100.0	468,277	100.0	1.7	1.85	1.93	-3.9	44.4	44.0	0.8	52.8	52.2	1.1
Residents in the state	166,766	64.8	160,385	66.0	4.0	298,577	62.7	304,285	65.0	-1.9	1.79	1.90	-5.6	-	-	-	-	-	-
Foreign residents	90,541	35.2	82,589	34.0	9.6	177,779	37.3	163,992	35.0	8.4	1.96	1.99	-1.1	-	-	-	-	-	-

ARABA/ALAVA	37,854	14.7	36,558	15.0	3.5	78,953	16.6	77,766	16.6	1.5	2.09	2.13	-1.9	45.9	47.6	-3.6	59.5	59.9	-0.6
Residents in the state	29,810	78.7	28,640	78.3	4.1	57,120	72.3	59,529	76.5	-4.0	1.92	2.08	-7.8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Foreign residents	8,044	21.3	7,918	21.7	1.6	21,833	27.7	18,237	23.5	19.7	2.71	2.30	17.8	-	-	-	-	-	-

Vitoria-Gasteiz	29,617	78.2	29,730	81.3	-0.4	64,834	82.1	66,387	85.4	-2.3	2.19	2.23	-2.0	49.2	50.6	-2.7	65.7	65.5	0.2
Rioja Alavesa	3,933	10.4	3,688	10.1	6.6	6,043	7.7	6,009	7.7	0.6	1.54	1.63	-5.7	33.1	34.6	-4.2	34.6	35.5	-2.6
Rest of Álava	4,304	11.4	3,140	8.6	37.1	8,076	10.2	5,370	6.9	50.4	1.88	1.71	9.7	36.5	36.3	0.5	46.4	42.8	8.5

BIZKAIA	115,458	44.9	108,926	44.8	6.0	209,278	43.9	208,498	44.5	0.4	1.81	1.91	-5.3	42.8	43.1	-0.6	51.2	51.0	0.3
Residents in the state	78,418	67.9	76,012	69.8	3.2	134,708	64.4	138,628	66.5	-2.8	1.72	1.82	-5.8	-	-	-	-	-	-
Foreign residents	37,040	32.1	32,914	30.2	12.5	74,570	35.6	69,870	33.5	6.7	2.01	2.12	-5.2	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bilbao	85,787	74.3	79,542	73.0	7.9	155,193	74.2	153,965	73.8	0.8	1.81	1.94	-6.5	47.9	48.9	-2.1	56.7	56.6	0.1
Metropolitan area (1)	14,726	12.8	15,250	14.0	-3.4	25,351	12.1	26,294	12.6	-3.6	1.72	1.72	-0.2	32.4	34.6	-6.3	41.0	43.8	-6.4
Coastal Bizkaia	7,252	6.3	7,802	7.2	-7.0	13,816	6.6	15,175	7.3	-9.0	1.91	1.95	-2.1	30.4	31.8	-4.5	39.6	41.6	-4.8
Inland Bizkaia	7,693	6.7	6,332	5.8	21.5	14,918	7.1	13,064	6.3	14.2	1.94	2.06	-6.0	36.8	28.9	27.1	41.1	35.5	15.7

GIPUZKOA	103,995	40.4	97,490	40.1	6.7	188,125	39.5	182,013	38.9	3.4	1.81	1.87	-3.1	45.6	43.6	4.4	52.0	50.7	2.7
Residents in the state	58,538	56.3	55,733	57.2	5.0	106,749	56.7	106,128	58.3	0.6	1.82	1.90	-4.2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Foreign residents	45,457	43.7	41,757	42.8	8.9	81,376	43.3	75,885	41.7	7.2	1.79	1.82	-1.5	-	-	-	-	-	-

Donostia / San Sebastian	71,820	69.1	67,404	69.1	6.6	133,902	71.2	126,046	69.3	6.2	1.86	1.87	-0.3	50.6	46.8	8.1	56.0	52.0	7.8
Metropolitan area (1)	7,953	7.6	7,359	7.5	8.1	13,767	7.3	13,571	7.5	1.4	1.73	1.84	-6.1	34.1	34.7	-1.7	41.4	48.0	-13.8
Gipuzkoa coast (1)	15,949	15.3	15,302	15.7	4.2	25,792	13.7	25,331	13.9	1.8	1.62	1.66	-2.3	40.7	43.6	-6.8	48.6	51.9	-6.4
Inland Gipuzkoa	8,273	8.0	7,425	7.6	11.4	14,664	7.8	17,065	9.4	-14.1	1.77	2.30	-22.9	33.1	33.8	-2.0	42.6	44.4	-4.0

ANNUAL ACCUMULATED (2)
BASQUE COUNTRY	3,896,837	100.0	3,764,003	100.0	3.5	7,727,069	100.0	7,457,707	100.0	3.6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
ARABA/ALAVA	511,882	13.1	525,956	14.0	-2.7	1,096,472	14.2	1,075,845	14.4	1.9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
BIZKAIA	1,791,639	46.0	1,665,846	44.3	7.6	3,427,735	44.4	3,220,788	43.2	6.4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
GIPUZKOA	1,593,316	40.9	1,572,201	41.8	1.3	3,202,862	41.4	3,161,074	42.4	1.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

(1)Does not include the capital

(2)Data collected from January up to the current month

m/m12 Rate of year-on-year change in the last observed month (m) compared to the same month of the previous year (m-12)

Date January 22, 2026

Source: Eustat.Tourist accommodating establishments survey

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Visitors, overnight stays, average length of stay and bed occupancy rates in hotel establishments of the Basque Country by origin and geographical area. December 2025