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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. 2025

Euskal Estatistika Erakundea/Instituto Vasco de Estadística

	Visitors					Overnight stays					Average stay			Degrees of occupation
														by seats			by rooms
	2025	%	2024	%	2025/2024	2025	%	2024	%	2025/2024	2025	2024	2025/2024	2025	2024	2025/2024	2025	2024	2025/2024
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	1.98	1.98	0.1	58.3	57.7	1.1	69.8	69.0	1.2
Residents in the state	2,029,247	52.1	1,998,539	53.1	1.5	3,908,373	50.6	3,894,323	52.2	0.4	1.93	1.95	-1.2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Foreign residents	1,867,590	47.9	1,765,464	46.9	5.8	3,818,696	49.4	3,563,384	47.8	7.2	2.04	2.02	1.3	-	-	-	-	-	-

ARABA/ALAVA	511,882	13.1	525,956	14.0	-2.7	1,096,472	14.2	1,075,845	14.4	1.9	2.14	2.05	4.7	55.5	55.1	0.7	72.6	68.8	5.5
Residents in the state	352,369	68.8	361,741	68.8	-2.6	740,754	67.6	741,935	69.0	-0.2	2.10	2.05	2.5	-	-	-	-	-	-
Foreign residents	159,513	31.2	164,215	31.2	-2.9	355,718	32.4	333,910	31.0	6.5	2.23	2.03	9.7	-	-	-	-	-	-

Vitoria-Gasteiz	387,954	75.8	407,217	77.4	-4.7	880,219	80.3	872,929	81.1	0.8	2.27	2.14	5.8	56.6	56.4	0.3	77.2	72.9	5.9
Rioja Alavesa	71,417	14.0	69,887	13.3	2.2	119,246	10.9	113,917	10.6	4.7	1.67	1.63	2.4	53.5	51.7	3.5	56.4	54.2	4.0
Rest of Álava	52,511	10.3	48,852	9.3	7.5	97,007	8.8	88,999	8.3	9.0	1.85	1.82	1.4	49.1	47.9	2.5	57.8	55.0	5.1

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	1.91	1.93	-1.0	57.5	55.7	3.3	69.3	68.2	1.6
Residents in the state	943,415	52.7	899,682	54.0	4.9	1,727,071	50.4	1,684,624	52.3	2.5	1.83	1.87	-2.2	-	-	-	-	-	-
Foreign residents	848,224	47.3	766,164	46.0	10.7	1,700,664	49.6	1,536,164	47.7	10.7	2.00	2.01	-0.0	-	-	-	-	-	-

Bilbao	1,233,349	68.8	1,128,666	67.8	9.3	2,382,586	69.5	2,211,004	68.6	7.8	1.93	1.96	-1.4	62.5	61.3	2.0	74.5	74.5	0.1
Metropolitan area (1)	257,253	14.4	253,919	15.2	1.3	460,492	13.4	442,840	13.7	4.0	1.79	1.74	2.6	48.7	46.9	3.9	63.7	62.2	2.4
Coastal Bizkaia	165,779	9.3	158,917	9.5	4.3	311,131	9.1	310,466	9.6	0.2	1.88	1.95	-3.9	47.6	46.5	2.2	57.2	56.5	1.2
Inland Bizkaia	135,258	7.5	124,344	7.5	8.8	273,526	8.0	256,478	8.0	6.6	2.02	2.06	-2.0	49.7	45.2	9.9	57.8	52.7	9.8

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	2.01	2.01	-0.0	60.3	61.0	-1.2	69.4	69.9	-0.7
Residents in the state	733,463	46.0	737,116	46.9	-0.5	1,440,548	45.0	1,467,764	46.4	-1.9	1.96	1.99	-1.4	-	-	-	-	-	-
Foreign residents	859,853	54.0	835,085	53.1	3.0	1,762,314	55.0	1,693,310	53.6	4.1	2.05	2.03	1.1	-	-	-	-	-	-

Donostia / San Sebastian	1,019,260	64.0	1,029,670	65.5	-1.0	2,122,612	66.3	2,132,783	67.5	-0.5	2.08	2.07	0.5	65.6	65.8	-0.3	73.7	74.3	-0.8
Metropolitan area (1)	131,625	8.3	124,885	7.9	5.4	242,897	7.6	227,245	7.2	6.9	1.85	1.82	1.4	47.1	48.3	-2.6	60.6	60.3	0.4
Gipuzkoa coast (1)	296,912	18.6	288,638	18.4	2.9	506,452	15.8	490,312	15.5	3.3	1.71	1.70	0.4	59.9	60.9	-1.6	68.7	69.0	-0.4
Inland Gipuzkoa	145,519	9.1	129,008	8.2	12.8	330,901	10.3	310,734	9.8	6.5	2.27	2.41	-5.6	46.3	46.8	-1.0	57.8	57.4	0.7

(1)Does not include the capital

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. 2025