{"id":4446,"date":"2012-06-25T09:24:58","date_gmt":"2012-06-25T09:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/?p=4446"},"modified":"2012-06-25T09:24:58","modified_gmt":"2012-06-25T09:24:58","slug":"spains-may-tourism-figures-the-best-in-3-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spains-may-tourism-figures-the-best-in-3-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain&#8217;s May tourism figures the best in 3 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Spain welcomed 5.4 million foreign tourists in May, an increase of 5.8 percent over the same month last year and tourism&#8217;s best performance in the last three years.<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/h_mar_disfruta.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/h_mar_disfruta-e1340616230218.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"306\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/h_mar_disfruta-e1340616230218.jpg 530w, https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/h_mar_disfruta-e1340616230218-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to the survey of foreigners entering Spain, released Friday by the Industry, Energy and Tourism Ministry, a notable contribution to this increase was made by tourists from Germany, whose numbers soared 17.6 percent last month.<\/p>\n<p>The overall May increase contrasts with the drop of 1.7 percent the month before, which left the volume of foreign tourists at 4.5 million.<\/p>\n<p>Between January and May, international arrivals numbered more than 19.1 million, a 2.4 percent increase over the same period last year. 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