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Spain welcomed over 10 million tourists in the first three months of 2014, building on a record 2013 for the sector, and helping the country’s struggling economy, official figures released on Tuesday show.<\/p>\n

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The 10.1 million international visitors meant numbers were for the three-month period were up 7.2 percent on 2013 figures, according to the figures from Spanish government tourism agency Frontur.<\/p>\n

In March alone, 3.9 million tourists visited the country, a slight rise on last year’s figures, .<\/p>\n

Brits continue to be the largest group of visitors, making up 19.2 percent of all foreign tourists. <\/p>\n

Germany was the next biggest group, providing 16.2 percent of visitors.<\/p>\n

There was also a sharp rise in the number of French tourists up 11.5 percent to 1.6 million visitors from January to March.<\/p>\n

In 2013, Spain overtook China to become the world’s third most popular destination for international tourists, by luring 60.6 million visitors.<\/p>\n

Those visitors splashed out a new record sum of \u20ac59.08 billion ($80.82 billion) as political unrest in Turkey and northern Africa saw tourists turn their attention towards Spain.<\/p>\n

Strong figures for national tourism also bode well for Spain’s tourism sector for 2014, El Pa\u00eds reported on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Hotels saw occupancy rates of 76 percent during Spain’s Holy Week celebrations, preliminary figures show, up 7 percent on last year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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