Hotel tickets in the Basque Country increased by 7.7% in July and overnight stays by 6.7%
58.8% of all entries and 59.9% of overnight stays were from persons of foreign origin, 11.1% and 11.7% respectively more than in July 2025.
Tourism inthe Basque Country increased significantly in the month of July, according to hotel tickets and overnight stays, withan increase of 7.7% for visitors and 6.7% for overnight stays, compared with the same period of the previous year.
According to data released this Thursday by the Basque Institute of Statistics, Eustat, 422,935 tickets were registered in July in Basque hotels, while overnight stays were 893,078.
58.8% of all entries and 59.9% of overnight stays were from persons of foreign origin, 11.1% and 11.7% more respectively than in July 2025.
In the case of visitors residing in Spain, the increase was 3.1% in hotel tickets and overnight stays fell by 0.1%.
The biggest increase in revenue in Bizkaia
The largest number of visitors grew in Bizkaia, with an increase of 8.8% and 397,843 overnight stays, respectively.
In Gipuzkoa, hotel tickets (170,696) increased by 7.1 per cent and overnight stays (386,654) by 5.6 per cent.
In Álava, too, there was a positive development in income, 5.4 per cent more than in the same month of the previous year, with a total of 53,345, although overnight stays (108,481) fell by 1.5 per cent.
Visitors drop in San Sebastian
With regard to the Basque capitals, in Bilbao tickets increased by 4.8% and overnight stays by 5.9%, while in Donostia-San Sebastián the number of visitors staying in hotels fell by 1.9% and overnight stays increased by 2.9%.
In Vitoria-Gasteiz, hotel tickets increased by 1% and overnight stays fell by 5.9% compared to last year.
The average stay in hotel establishments in the Basque Country was 2.11 days in July, similar to that of a year ago, with 2.3 days in Gipuzkoa, 2.18 in Álava and 1.97 in Bizkaia.
The occupancy rate was 72.2 per cent for places (0.8 percentage points higher) and 82.1 per cent for rooms (0.5 points higher).
The average rate has risen by more than 12%.
According to Eustat, the average daily rate for these establishments wasEUR 162.4/u00A0, which is12.4% morethan in July last year.
Gipuzkoa recorded the highest average rate (221.7 euros), followed by Bizkaia with 125.8 euros and Álava with 102.6 euros.
The highest rate has been for hotels in San Sebastián, with an average of 285.1 euros,followed byBilbao with 140.5 euros and Vitoria-Gasteiz with 92.4 euros.
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