September becomes in Malaga the second best month of the year for tourism.

September becomes the second best month for tourism in the capital of the Costa del Sol. Two indicators mark this trend: the average occupancy, which exceeded 90%, and the length of stay for visitors, which increased to 2.1 days. These figures have only been slightly surpassed in August. Moreover, the city's hotels have improved by more than 10% in terms of travelers and overnight stays compared to the same period last year. According to data from the National Institute of Statistics (INE), provided by the Malaga City Council, hotels filled 90.2% of their capacity, confirming that they were at the level of the quintessential vacation month, which closed at 90.8%.

This was aided by the number of hotel guests in the ninth month of the year reaching 162,941, a 15.2% increase from 2024, with a 10.4% rise in Spanish guests and a 17.7% increase in international tourists, who accounted for 67.48% of all visitors. "Furthermore, from January to September 2025, there has been a growth of 13.7%, with 1,381,874 hotel guests compared to 1,215,356 for the same period last year," they detail.

15.2%

This is the increase in travelers who stayed in hotels in the capital last month.

The Tourism Department explains that a similar situation occurs with overnight stays. "In September, there were 348,482 overnight stays, a 10.9% increase from the same month in 2024, while in the first nine months of this year the increase is 7.6%, rising from 2,632,958 overnight stays in 2024 to 2,832,574 so far this year," they point out.

Regarding the origin of international tourists, they highlight that, in September, the United States ranked third in importance, with 9,898 hotel guests and 20,823 overnight stays, only behind Germany (11,217 travelers and 25,952 overnight stays) and the United Kingdom, which with 17,704 travelers and 42,905 overnight stays, once again became the leading international source market.