{"id":5124,"date":"2013-01-22T11:35:55","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T11:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/?p=5124"},"modified":"2013-01-23T12:19:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-23T12:19:20","slug":"spain-posts-record-57-9-million-visitors-in-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/spain-posts-record-57-9-million-visitors-in-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain posts record 57.9 million visitors in 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>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.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/n_30348_1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5125\" title=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/n_30348_1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"626\" height=\"365\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/n_30348_1.jpg 626w, https:\/\/taylorwimpeyspain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/n_30348_1-300x174.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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 2011), spending an average of 109 euros per person per day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;2012 was an exceptional year, and we&#8217;re hoping that 2013, when many countries will experience signs of recovery, will bring in another good result in terms of both tourists and their spending,&#8221; Tourism Minister Jose Manuel Soria told reporters. More visitors came from less crisis-ridden countries: more French (+6.7%), Scandinavians (+6.2%) and Germans (+4.1%) and British (+0.5%) visited Spain last year, against fewer Italians (-4.2%) .<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting crisis levels in their respective countries, Scandinavians were more prone to opening their wallets (+9.8% of overall tourist spending), followed by the British (+8.1%) and Germans (+4.7%), while the French were spendthrift (-3.2%) and Italians even more so (-5.8%).<\/p>\n<p>Two-thirds of Spanish tourism is beach-related, with coastal autonomous regions posting the greatest tourist influx: Catalonia (+13%), Valencia (+9%), the Balearic Islands (+6.4%) and the Canaries (+4.9%), while Madrid posted negative numbers (-1.3%). The ministry in 2013 plans to increase private sector participation in Spanish tourism office Tourespana and to expand into markets with more potential, Soria said. 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