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More than 6.5 million British visitors headed to Spain in the first six months of the year, up 5.8%.<\/p>\n

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The UK remains the country\u2019s strongest inbound market and accounts for 23.3% of international tourists going to Spain, with expenditure from UK visitors making up 19.8% of tourism spend.<\/p>\n

In the first half of the year UK expenditure went up 10.2% to EUR5.2bn.<\/p>\n

Overall Spain saw 28m international visitors in the six months, up 7.3%, while expenditure has grown 7.8%to EUR26.3bn.<\/p>\n

All the regions saw an increase in international visitors, with Madrid and surrounding area seeing the largest at 14.5%. The Catalonia region saw the largest number of visitors accounting for a quarter of arrival at 7.1m, up 6.7%. This was followed by the Canary Islands with more than 5.6m international visitors, 4.2m in the Balearics while Valencia welcomed more than 2.7m visitors in the first half.<\/p>\n

The average tourism spend per tourist remained relatively unchanged at EUR944 each, with UK visitors spending 1.9% more than last year at EUR806 each.<\/p>\n

Air travel remains the most popular access point with 67% staying in hotels while 23.8% stay in rented accommodation. Around a third travelled as part of a package holiday in June, while 67% travel independently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

More than 6.5 million British visitors headed to Spain in the first six months of the year, up 5.8%. The UK remains the country\u2019s strongest inbound market and accounts for 23.3% of international tourists going to Spain, with expenditure from UK visitors making up 19.8% of tourism spend. 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