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Spain receives 66 million tourists (up 3.9%) before August end, spending €198 daily

In the first eight months of 2025 (8M2025), the number of tourists who visited Spain increased by 3.9%, reaching 66.77 million, the highest figure in that period in the INE’s Frontur series. The main sending countries during the 8M2025 period were the United Kingdom (with nearly 13.2 million and a 4.3% increase), France (with almost 9.2 million and an increase of 0.1%), and Germany (with over 8.2 million, a 2.0%…


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Spain welcomes over 52 million international air passengers in 1H25, up 6.4% year-on-year

Alphavalue /Divacons | Spain received more than 52 million international air passengers in the first half of 2025. This figure represents an increase of 6.4% compared to the same period last year, according to data from Turespaña released on Friday by the Ministry of Industry and Tourism. According to Turespaña, Spain has broken records with more than 100 million international air passenger arrivals in 2024 and expects to strengthen its…


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Spain welcomes 9.4 million international tourists in May, 1.5% more than in same month last year

CdM | Spain received 9.4 million international tourists in May, 1.5% more than in the same month last year, whose total expenditure reached €12.254 billion, an increase of 4.9%, according to data published by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The United Kingdom was the main country of residence, with almost 2.1 million tourists and an increase of 7.3% compared to May 2024. France accounted for 1.2 million (down 6.7%) and…


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Spain receives 8.6 million international tourists in April, 10.1% more than same month last year

Link Securities | According to the Statistics on Tourist Movements at Borders (Frontur), published by the National Statistics Institute (INE), Spain received 8.6 million international tourists in April, 10.1% more than in the same month of 2024. The United Kingdom was the main country of residence, with more than 1.6 million tourists and an increase of 11.1% compared to April 2024. From Germany came 1.3 million (up 13.7%) and from…


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Spain receives 5.1 million international tourists in January, spending up almost 9%

CdM | In January, 5.1 million international tourists visited Spain, 6.1% more than in the same month last year, with total spending up 8.9% to €7.132 billion, according to data provided by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The United Kingdom was the main country of residence, with 863,286 tourists and an increase of 3.6% compared to January 2024. 641,201 came from France (12.2% more) and 537,842 tourists from Germany…


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Spain breaks new record by surpassing 100 million international air passenger arrivals

Link Securities | According to data published by Turespaña, in December 2024 the good trend of previous months continued, and passengers from international airports amounted to 7.2 million, 8.6% more than in December a year ago, Of the total of more than 100 million passengers, 86.1% came from Europe, followed by the Americas, with a share of 8.9%. Asia was the geographical area of origin with the highest year-on-year growth…


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Tourism in Spain up 10.8% to record levels – 83 million visitors by October

Spain received 82.9 million tourists by October, which represents a 10.8% increase compared to the same period last year, according to data from the National Statistics Institute (INE). This data also shows that these tourists spent €110.984 billion in our country, an increase of 16.8%.The main source countries were the United Kingdom, which sent 16.5 million tourists (a 7.1% increase), France (with nearly 11.5 million and an 11.1% increase), and…


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Record tourism figures for Spain: 53.4 million visitors (+12%) spending €71.1 billion (+20%)

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…


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Competitiveness of Spain’s tourism sector: strengths and weaknesses

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,…


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Spain exceeds 33 million tourists up to May, 13.6% more, with expenditure of 43,200 million (+22%)

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…