Canary Islands welcomes 16 million international passengers in 2025, up 3.6% from the previous year

Overall figures

In 2025 the Canary Islands welcomed 16 million passengers arriving from international airports, a 3.6 % rise compared with 2024 (data released by Turespaña).
In December alone, the archipelago recorded 1.5 million foreign travelers, up 0.8 % from the previous month.
Spain as a whole received 111.7 million international passengers in 2025, 5.9 % more than the year before – roughly 6.2 million additional arrivals.

Origin of the traffic

Europe supplied 85.4 % of the total passenger flow, growing 5.1 % year‑on‑year.
America contributed 8.8 %, up 5.4 %.
Asia accounted for 2.7 %, with a strong 18.6 % increase.

Notable source countries in 2025

Persian Gulf: United Arab Emirates and Qatar showed the strongest growth.
Asia: China continued its upward trend, and flights from Japan were restored at the end of 2024.
Ibero‑America: Colombia stood out with over one million arrivals.

In December, 7.7 million international air passengers arrived in Spain, a 6.8 % increase over the same month in 2024. All major source markets posted double‑digit gains, with Ireland, Poland and the United States leading the surge.

Main source markets

United Kingdom

Generated about 1.5 million international passengers to Spain, representing 18.8 % of total arrivals.
Year‑on‑year growth: 4.7 %.
Canary Islands were the top destination, followed by the Valencian Community and Andalusia.
In 2025, the UK remained the largest source market, with 27 % of its passengers heading to the Canary Islands and 18.3 % to the Balearic Islands.
All autonomous communities received more passengers than in 2024, with Galicia and Murcia posting increases above 10 %.

Germany

December: 0.9 million passengers (11.9 % of total), up 1 % YoY.
The Canary Islands captured 34.9 % of German arrivals but saw a modest decline of about 13,000 passengers.
In 2025, Germany contributed 13.3 % of Spain’s international passenger flow, up 1.9 %.
Preferred destinations: Balearic Islands (35.8 %), Canary Islands (20.1 %), Catalonia (14.7 %), all registering growth.

Italy

December share: 10.9 % of arrivals (841,816 passengers), up 8.5 % YoY.
Catalonia and the Community of Madrid together received 59 % of Italian traffic.
2025 ranking: third biggest source market with 11.3 million passengers, a 9.1 % increase.
Main destinations: Catalonia and Madrid; all regions grew except Galicia and Cantabria.

France

Accounted for 7.2 % of total passengers, with a 2.4 % rise in December.
Community of Madrid received 31.2 % of French arrivals, Catalonia 27.4 %.
2025 contribution: 7.3 % of total arrivals, up 3.1 % YoY.
Preferred destinations: Madrid, Catalonia; Balearic Islands and Valencian Community saw the largest absolute passenger gains.

Netherlands

Represented 4.6 % of total arrivals, increasing 5. % in December.
Main destination: Valencian Community, which grew 11.5 %.
In 2025, the Valencian Community, Catalonia and Andalusia each surpassed one million Dutch arrivals.

Autonomous communities: growth patterns

In December, the six leading autonomous communities captured 97.2 % of all arrivals, all posting increases.
Valencian Community recorded the strongest rise at 14.2 %, while the Canary Islands showed the most modest increase (0.8 %).

2025 highlights

Community of Madrid remained the top receiver with 23.1 % of total passengers, up 5.2 %.
Valencian Community achieved the highest inter‑annual growth rate (11.4 %).
Balearic Islands experienced the smallest year‑on‑year increase (2.4 %).