Holiday bookings to the Balearics grew by 33.1% over the last week compared to the previous week and by 26.5% compared to the same period last year, according to data published on Monday by the booking platform Travelgate. With a 12.7% share of all bookings, the Balearics are the fifth most popular destination in Spain this week, behind Andalusia (which accounts for 17.9% of bookings), Catalonia (17.8%), the Canary Islands (16.6%) and the Valencian Community (13.1%).
Forty-five per cent of this week’s bookings nationwide were made more than three months in advance; 11.6 per cent were made between 31 and 60 days in advance, and 10 per cent between 15 and 30 days before travel. Last-minute bookings (made the day before or on the day of travel) have fallen in the overall total and account for 7.1%.
Of the bookings recorded, 51.8% were made by couples and half of travellers (50.2%) booked between 2 and 5 nights, according to Travelgate. According to the data, Spaniards lead the demand with four out of ten tourist bookings made this week (39.9%), followed by the British with 32%. Next are the Germans (4.3%) and the Americans (2.7%).
It has also been reported that Balearic airports handled 16,135,792 international passengers in 2025, an increase of 2.4% over the previous year, according to data published by Turespaña.
Palma airport received 12,411,824 passengers from abroad, an increase of 2.4%. In December alone, 260,852 international passengers arrived in the Balearics, an increase of 6.1%, and 244,080 arrived at Son Sant Joan, an increase of 5.4%.
Of the total number of international travellers who flew to the Balearics in 2025, the majority did so on low-cost airlines, with 11,283,912 passengers, an increase of 4.4%. This represents almost seven out of ten, or 69.9% of the total. In Palma, 8,487,149 passengers arrived on low-cost airlines in 2025, 4.3% more, and 68.4% of the total.
In 2025, Madrid accounted for the largest number of passengers with 23.1% of arrivals, recording an increase of 5.2%. The Valencian Community saw the highest year-on-year growth (11.4%), while the Balearics recorded the most moderate year-on-year increase (2.4%). In 2025, Spain received 111.7 million international passengers, an increase of 5.9% compared to 2024. This represents nearly 6.2 million additional arrivals, with low-cost airlines accounting for 4.4 million of this increase.
In December, passengers arriving in Spain from international airports totalled 7.7 million, an increase of 6.8% compared to the same month in 2024. Of these, 57.9% chose low-cost airlines, an increase of 8.1%, while those who travelled with traditional airlines, the remaining 42.1%, experienced a lower increase of 5.1%. 85.4% of the total passenger flow came from Europe, registering an increase of 5.1%. 8.8% of the flow came from America and 2.7% from Asia, registering increases of 5.4% and 18.6% respectively.