Spain received 38 million international tourists between January and July 2015, up 4.7% from a year earlier and marking a new record, according to the Ministry of Industry and Tourism. In July alone, the number of foreign tourists to Spain grew 6.3% to 8.8 million, also a new record.
Regarding the origin of the tourists, arrivals from the UK, France, the USA and Asian countries clocked up a monthly rise of 40.5% in July. All the main markets showed growth except for the Nordic countries. The UK remains Spain’s top market, with 8.7 million tourists arriving in the first 7 months of 2015, 3.5% more than a year ago. France comes in second place, with 6 million tourists, 7.8% more, and Germany in third position, with 5.8 million, 1.3% higher than in 2014.
On the other hand, Russian tourist arrivals fell by 37.5% to 503,996 visitors, while the Nordic countries registered a decline of 4.6% to 2.9 million travellers in the first seven months of the year.
So Spain has consolidated its position as the world’s third most-visited destination after France and the USA.
