Housing for tourism

INE and MABRIAN

The National Statistics Institute (INE) is involved in a series of innovative projects in relation to sources of information, statistical methods, the scope of study and ways of disseminating the results. The results of these projects are regarded as experimental as they are not yet mature enough in terms of the reliability, stability and quality of the data to be published as official statistics.

The following dashboard shows data from the experimental study with the main objective of estimating and analysing the supply of housing for tourism (VUT), beds and bed-places.

Latest data: November 2024 | Frequency: Biannual update | Last update: January 2025

INFORMATION:

- Housing for tourism is not a clearly defined concept. There is no single definition of this in Spain. The definition depends on the autonomous regions, each of which classifies tourist accommodation using its own criteria. The types of accommodation defined as tourist housing were selected following analysis of the legislation in each autonomous region.

-The percentage of housing for tourism as a share of the total housing stock in August 2023 has been calculated based on total housing data from the 2021 Population and Housing Census. For previous periods, the percentage of housing for tourism as a share of the total housing stock has been calculated based on total housing data from the 2011 Population and Housing Census.

-The experimental statistics methodology in relation to housing for tourism is still published twice a year, although the publication dates have been adjusted. Moving forwards, the data used to estimate housing for tourism units will be from November and May, rather than February and August, as this information is considered to be more useful just before the busiest tourist months. November 2024 and May 2025 do not have annual variation percentage because they do not have an equivalent comparison period.

If you would like to view housing for tourism information from the Experimental Statistic (INE), click on the map that follows.

MABRIAN

Information on the availability of holiday homes in Spain, considering three of the main sources of information: Booking.com, Tripadvisor and Airbnb.

Latest data: June 2025 | Frequency: Biannual update | Last update: June 2025

INFORMATION:

• The dashboard shows prices as published on search platforms. Please note that it may include a small amount of extreme or anomalous data from the source.
• Monthly information broken down to province.

Definitions

• Holiday homes:

  Number of holiday homes registered in censal section by type of home

• Bed-places:

  Total number of places available (maximum occupancy capacity) in censal section by type of home

• Bed-places per holiday home:

  Average maximum occupancy (per property) in censal section by type of home

• Percentage of holiday homes:

  Represents the proportion of holiday homes in censal section to the total (based on INE statistics: Population and Housing Census 2021)

• Type of housing:

  Housing category according to its type of use. It can take the following values: "Entire House", "Private Room", "Apartment", "Alternative" (for example, Cave, Mill, Hut, Tent, Tower, etc.), "Shared Room", "Other" (Unspecified or unmapped, accounts for less than 0.3%)

• Price:

  Average price per night in euros (€), broken down by censal sections and type of home. Prices correspond to a snapshot of the month of origin, considering stays within the same month.

• Rating:

  Average rating on a scale of 1-5, where 1 is the lowest rating and 5 is the highest, broken down by censal sections and type of home.

• Number of comments:

  Total number of comments or reviews available on the homes at the time of data collection.