Travellers to Spain were numerous and not unwilling to spend during their trips, according to September hotel occupancy figures.

Calculating the fullness of hotels across the country and categorising them by levels of luxury, the National Statistics Institute figures showed a 2.7 per cent interannual rise on hotel occupancy last September.

The increase was largely fuelled by new influxes of foreign visitors, with a 4.6 per cent increase in overseas visitors proving the eternal attraction of Spain, even as steamy summer temperatures abate.

Both Spanish and overseas holidaymakers frequenting Iberian hotels opted for more up-market accommodation, with three and four-star establishments hosting more than a million home and foreign tourists each.

Meanwhile, nearly half a million tourists overall were welcomed into luxury five-star hotels, bringing their generous spending habits into the Spanish economy this September.

Aragon was the province experiencing the highest increase in hotel occupancy on last year’s figures, while Andalucia – containing sea-side favourite resorts like the Costa del Sol – remained the third most popular of Spain’s 17 provinces.