{"id":50903,"date":"2026-07-06T09:47:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/50903\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T09:47:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T09:47:29","slug":"holiday-bookings-for-the-balearics-jump-by-10-3-per-cent-year-on-year-spain-to-welcome-43-million-tourists-between-june-and-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/50903\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday bookings for the Balearics jump by 10.3 per cent year-on-year, Spain to welcome 43 million tourists between June and September"},"content":{"rendered":"

Holiday<\/a> bookings<\/a> for the Balearics<\/a> increased by 18.9 per cent over the past seven days compared with the previous week, and by 10.2 per cent compared with the same week last year, according to data published on Monday by the booking platform Travelgate. Accounting for 15.5 per cent of all bookings made over the last seven days, the Balearic Islands remain Spain<\/a>\u2019s third most popular destination, behind Catalonia (20.8 per cent) and Andalusia (17.6 per cent).<\/p>\n

21.1 per cent of this week\u2019s bookings were made between one and two months in advance (between 31 and 60 days before travel), 12.2 per cent more than three months in advance, and 17.2 per cent were made between 15 and 30 days before travel. So-called last-minute bookings (made the day before or on the day of travel) accounted for 9.9 per cent.<\/p>\n

Of the bookings made in the country via this platform, 52.7 per cent were made by couples, and half of travellers (52.2 per cent) booked stays of between two and five nights. Spaniards lead the way in terms of demand, accounting for 48.6 per cent of all tourist bookings made this week, followed by the British (21.6 per cent) and Germans (4.5 per cent).<\/p>\n

Spain is set to welcome 43 million tourists between June and September, a 6 per cent increase on the same months in 2025, with spending<\/a> totalling 64,000 million euros \u2013 a figure 10 per cent higher than last year \u2013 according to a statement made on Monday by the Minister for Industry and Tourism, Jordi Hereu.<\/p>\n

He also highlighted that, during this period, inland regions and the so-called \u2018Green Spain\u2019 will see stronger growth than the six most popular autonomous communities for tourism, whilst emphasising the strong performance of the hotel, campsite and rural tourism sectors. Furthermore, one factor noted by Hereu for the summer<\/a> season is the phenomenon of last-minute bookings \u2013 already evident in April and May \u2013 which could lead to an upward revision of some forecasts.<\/p>\n

In contrast to the highly uncertain forecasts made at the end of March as a result of the conflict in the Middle East, just before Easter, the minister has now emphasised that the sector is facing \u201ca clearer picture of the situation\u201d, with \u201cmore consistent\u201d data.<\/p>\n

According to the Minister for Tourism, the industry has weathered the conflict in the Middle East with great resilience, just as it did during other international events, such as the Covid-19 pandemic or Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine<\/a>. Regarding the much-discussed figure of 100 million tourists, the minister reiterated that this is not the main objective, but rather a consequence of the sector\u2019s growth: \u201cWe are not obsessed with it.\u201d However, he stated that if this trend continues, it will be \u201clikely\u201d that Spain will reach this record figure.<\/p>\n

Between January and May, Spain welcomed a total of 36.8 million international visitors, 3.2 per cent more than in the first five months of 2025, with spending totalling 50,257 million euros (+7.8 per cent). Hereu described these figures as evidence of \u201cremarkably robust performance\u201d by the industry.
In particular, the months of April and May \u2013 against the backdrop of the war in the Middle East \u2013 have seen growth exceeding the Ministry\u2019s expectations, as acknowledged by Hereu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Holiday bookings for the Balearics increased by 18.9 per cent over the past seven days compared with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1254,3653,1391,598,605,599,600,17,12679,603,357,2879,1259,4871,27],"class_list":["post-50903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-balearics","tag-bookings","tag-british-tourists","tag-holiday","tag-latest-headlines","tag-majorca","tag-mallorca","tag-spain","tag-spending","tag-summer","tag-travel","tag-ukraine","tag-united-kingdom","tag-usa-and-iran","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}