The municipality of Ibiza recorded a 31% year-on-year reduction in the number of beds available in tourist-use homes during summer 2026, the largest decline among the 25 major Spanish cities analysed by tourism research group Exceltur.
The estimated number of places fell from 2,015 in summer 2025 to 1,390 between June and August 2026, a reduction of 625 places. The figures form part of Exceltur’s analysis of the evolution of tourist accommodation capacity in Spain’s main urban destinations.
Ibiza Records the Sharpest Decline
The 31% decrease placed Ibiza ahead of other major Spanish cities that also recorded reductions in tourist rental capacity.
A Coruña registered a decline of 27%, San Sebastián fell by 25%, and Palma de Mallorca recorded a reduction of 23%.
Across the 25 cities included in the analysis, the number of available places in tourist-use homes decreased by an average of 8.3% between June and August compared with the same period in 2025.
The figures refer specifically to estimated bed capacity in tourist-use homes. They should not be interpreted as a 31% reduction in all accommodation available to visitors, since hotels and other accommodation categories are measured separately.
Tourist Rental Supply Continues to Adjust
Exceltur has linked the wider reduction in tourist-rental capacity to efforts by public authorities to prioritise residential housing and improve the regulation of holiday accommodation.
The organisation has also noted that the pace of decline slowed during summer compared with the first five months of 2026, when the reduction across the cities analysed reached 11.3%.
Its analysis points to changes in the regulatory environment, including the Supreme Court’s annulment of the national short-term rental registration system, as one factor affecting the evolution of the market. The relationship between individual regulatory changes and the decline in supply should, however, be distinguished from the overall trend shown by the figures.
A Continuing Debate over Housing and Tourism
The reduction in tourist-use housing capacity comes amid continuing debate in Ibiza over residential affordability, illegal holiday rentals and the balance between tourism and housing needs.
Exceltur’s figures provide an indication of how the estimated supply of tourist-use homes is changing in the municipality. They do not, by themselves, establish how many properties have returned to the residential market, how rents have changed or whether housing has become more affordable.
The latest figures nevertheless place Ibiza at the forefront of the adjustment in tourist-rental capacity among Spain’s major cities, with a substantially larger decline than the average recorded across the 25 destinations studied.