Andalusia recorded 7.72 million hotel overnight stays in August, 2% more than in the same month of 2025. If the provisional figures are confirmed, this would be the highest total for an August since the historical series began in 1999.
Foreign visitors staying in Andalusian hotels rose 4% to 984,579, and their overnight stays increased 3.1% to 3.54 million. The domestic market also grew, with 1.4% more visitors and 1.1% more overnight stays.
Hotel establishments in Andalusia employed 60,597 people in August, up 9.9% from a year earlier. The occupancy rate was 73.3%, 1.8 percentage points higher than in August 2025.
By province, overnight stays rose most in Córdoba, up 11.2%, followed by Cádiz (+6.8%), Jaén (+5.4%) and Seville (+4.5%). Córdoba also recorded the largest increase in visitors, at 13.9%, while Cádiz was up 11.6%.
Across July and August, Andalusian hotels received 4.5 million visitors, 2.8% more than in 2025, and recorded 14.73 million overnight stays, up 2.1%. If the provisional August figures are confirmed, this would be the highest July-August total since the series began in 1999, surpassing the previous record of 14.42 million in 2025. Overnight stays by foreign visitors rose 3.5% over the two months.
From January to August, Andalusia recorded 41.13 million hotel overnight stays, up 3.1%, and received 14.28 million visitors, up 2.8%. If confirmed, the overnight-stay figure would be the highest for this period in the historical series, compared with 39.91 million in January-August 2025.
Andalusian airports received 2.04 million passengers in August, 7.2% more than a year earlier. International traffic rose 9% to more than 1.5 million passengers. From January to August, airport traffic reached 14.16 million passengers, up 7.8%, while international passengers increased 8.8%. Over that period, passenger numbers rose 19.2% at Almería Airport, 14.7% at Jerez and 9.5% at Seville. Málaga-Costa del Sol handled the largest volume, with 9.63 million passengers.