The number of international tourists arriving in Spain reached its highest figure in the first seven months of 2024, touching 53.4 million, an increase of 12% over the previous year, according to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE), which points out that spending by these tourists has increased by almost 20% up to July, reaching 71.1 billion euros. For the Minister of Industry and Tourism, Jordi Hereu, “the significant…

Judit Montoriol Garriga (Caixabank Research) | Global international tourism has grown very significantly in recent quarters and is very close to recovering pre-pandemic levels: in Q1 2024 it was only 3% below 2019 levels, according to the UN tourism barometer. The Spanish tourism sector was among the first to recover: among the world’s top 10 destinations, Spain was the second country, after Turkey, to surpass pre-pandemic international tourist numbers. Thus,…

Each tourist spent an average of €1,263 in May, 7.3% more than in 2023. According to the National Statistics Institute (INE), Spain received 9.3 million international tourists in May, 11.5% more than in the same month in 2023. In the month analysed, the United Kingdom was the main country of residence of tourists arriving in Spain, with more than 1.9 million tourists and an increase of 5.7% compared to May…

Spain received 38.7 million passengers in the first five months of the year, which is 13.6% more than in the same period of 2023, according to data published today by Turespaña, which highlights the good performance of distant markets such as Canada, China and Chile, with increases of more than 35% in the month of May. In the fifth month of the year, the good trend of the beginning has…

The blue flag, which recognises the best beaches every year for the good state of the water, the high level of beach services and the safety of bathers, will fly this summer on 638 Spanish beaches, which keeps Spain as the world leader for the last 30 consecutive years. The Association for Environmental and Consumer Education (Adeac), promoter of the initiative, has published this Tuesday the data for 2024 where…

Spain received 6.3 million international tourists in March, 21% more than in the same month of 2023. In the first three months of 2024 (1Q2024), the number of tourists visiting Spain increased by 17.7% year-on-year to more than 16.1 million. According to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE), The United Kingdom was the main country of origin, with more than 1.2 million tourists and an increase of 13.3% compared…

Caixabank Research| The tourism sector has had a strong start to 2024. International arrivals in February were 15.9% above the same month of 2019, while international tourist expenditure attained a level 26.7% above that of February 2019. Demand for tourism services is holding up despite the strong increase in tourism related prices: CPI hotel prices in February increased by 9.0% year-on-year, attaining a level 32.2% above the same month of…