The domestic tourism market in Spain has been subdued in recent years because of the ecomonic crisis and many coastal resorts in Spain have suffered as a result. Whilst Mallorca has not escaped this decrease in Spanish visitors, the growing numbers of international tourists has helped to balance this. The popularity of Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza […]
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Mallorca tourism in 2013 to be as good as 2012
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Spain posts record 57.9 million visitors in 2012
In spite of the crisis, Spain in 2012 had a record influx of 57.9 million tourists, +1.75% over the previous year, the ministry of tourism made known on Thursday. The figure is the third highest after 2007 (59.2 million tourists) and 2006 (58.4 million). Visitors last year brought revenue of 57.7 billion euros (+5.9% over […]
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Spain: Inbound Tourists Spend 49.87 Billion Euros In Year To Date Up 6.4%
In the first ten months of the year, spending by inbound tourists in Spain amounted to 49.87 billion euros, a year-on-year increase of 6.4%. Increases were also recorded in average spending per tourist, of 3.2%, and in average daily spending, of 6.8%, according to the Tourist Expenditure Survey (EGATUR), drafted by the Institute for Tourism […]
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Foreign tourists in Spain spend more
Foreign tourists visiting Spain between January and September spent 45.1 billion euros , some 7.2 per cent more than in the same period of 2011, authorities said on Monday. In September alone, international tourists spent 6.24 billion euros, about 13.4 per cent more than in the same month of 2011, thanks to a 51 per […]
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Making history in 2012! Spain on track for best year ever in tourism revenues
In spite of concerns surrounding the Spanish economy this year, the nation has bounced back once again with 2012 predicted to be the best year ever in tourism revenues and second best in visitor numbers according to recent data. According to the Bank of Spain, from January to July 2012 the resilient Iberian nation saw […]
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Spain fights back with impressive increase in foreign tourist spend and property sales this year according to figures
Figures provided by tourism expenditure survey Egatur prepared by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism has revealed that spending by international tourists in Spain in the first eight months of 2012 reached 38 million euros, representing a 6.2% increase over the same period in 2011. The results from Egatur show that average daily […]
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Spain enjoys record tourist numbers in July
Holidaymakers headed to recession-hit Spain in record numbers in July, official data showed Wednesday, propelled in particular by a boom in the number of German tourists. Foreign tourist numbers surged by 328,000, or 4.4 percent, from last year to an unprecedented 7.7 million in July, said a tourism survey released by the government. Tourism is […]
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2012 kicks off with 4.6% rise in tourism
Great news for Spain this morning: Almost 2.8 million foreign tourists came to Spain last month, a 4.6 percent increase on January 2011, according to ThinkSpain.com. These latest figures compiled by Frontur and released today by the Ministry of Industry show an increase of 122,000 foreign visitors in January 2012 compared with the same month […]
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Spain sees rise in tourist arrivals for second straight year
The number of foreign visitors to Spain rose for the second year in a row in 2011, helped by a surge in tourists from its main market Britain, provisional government figures showed Tuesday. The country welcomed 56.9 million foreign tourists last year, an 8.1 percent increase over 2010, Tourism Minister Jose Manuel Soria told a […]