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Spain welcomed a total of 22.5 million foreign tourists between January and May in 2015, representing a 5.1 percent increase from the same period last year and setting a new record, according to the Spanish Tourism Ministry.<\/p>\n

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May also marked a new high record for the number of international, long-distance visitors with 6.5 million arrivals, up 6.8 percent from May 2014.<\/p>\n

Tourists arriving from Britain increased by 3.3 percent in the first five months of the year in comparison with a year earlier to a total of 4.9 million. They accounted for 22 percent of the total.<\/p>\n

The British were followed by German visitors whose arrivals reached 3.6 million, increasing by 3.1 percent in comparison with the same period a year earlier and representing 16.1 percent of the total.<\/p>\n

The number of visitors from France increased 8.2 percent between January and May to a total of 3.7 million, representing 16.4 percent of the total.<\/p>\n

Growing tourism rates from January to May were present in every single region of the country, topped by Madrid with 11.7 percent.<\/p>\n

Spain is the third most visited country in the world after breaking a record high in the number of international tourists in 2014 when it received 64.99 million international visitors. The country is on the path of setting a new record for tourist arrivals this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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