Andalusian hotels create almost 10% more jobs this summer
Andalusia records more than 59,000 hotel jobs between July and September and 21 million overnight stays, the highest in the series for that period.
Hotel establishments in Andalusia have generated more than 59,000 jobs during the summer months, between July and September. That is almost 10% more than in the same period the previous year, according to the monthly situation report on the hotel movement in Andalusia, prepared by the Regional Ministry of Tourism, Justice, Deregulation and Local Administration based on data from the National Statistics Institute (INE).
More travellers and more places
Andalusian hotels recorded 21 million overnight stays, 2.1% more than in the summer of 2025 and the highest in the historical series for this period. The establishments received 6.6 million travellers, also 2.1% more.
By origin, the international market grew 2.2% in travellers and 3.5% in overnight stays. The domestic market recorded increases of 2% and 0.8%, respectively.
The hotel occupancy rate rose 1.4 points, to 67.91%, and the number of places came close to 325,000, 0.4% more than a year earlier.
Málaga concentrates overnight stays
Málaga concentrated 37.4% of Andalusia's overnight stays, with an increase of 0.7%. The largest increases were in Cádiz (+4.6%), Córdoba (+4.5%) and Jaén (+4.4%), followed by Almería (+3.7%), Huelva (+3.4%) and Sevilla (+2.7%). Granada recorded a decrease of 2.4% in overnight stays, although it increased 1.1% in travellers.
The highest occupancy rates corresponded to Málaga (77.13%), Cádiz (71.83%) and Huelva (69.5%). In hotel employment, Jaén (+19%) and Huelva (+16.4%) stood out.
Record also up to September
Between January and September, Andalusian hotels received 16.3 million travellers (+2.5%) and recorded 47.4 million overnight stays (+2.9%), the historical maximum for the first nine months of the year and 1.3 million more than in 2025. In that period, hotel employment grew 10.7%, to more than 48,000 workers. Occupancy reached 59.25% and available places exceeded 285,000.
The second vice-president and regional minister of Tourism, Justice, Deregulation and Local Administration, Manuel Gavira, has stated that «these data show that tourism is one of the great economic engines of Andalusia, but we are not satisfied». Gavira added that the goal is «to favour tourism that generates activity throughout the year and that allows its benefits to reach the interior of Andalusia as well».