Foreign tourist numbers down 10.3% on last year

According to a report by Frontur, some 30 million foreign tourists visited Spain during the first seven months of this year, a fall of 10.3% over the same period last year.

  • UK visitors: 7.72 million (down 16.2%)
  • German visitors: 5.2 million (down 10%)
  • French visitors: 4.6 million (down 5%)
  • Scandinavian visitors: 2 million (down 7%)
  • Italian visitors: 1.7 million (down 6.6%)

Almost all of the provinces suffered a downturn in the number of foreign visitors.

  • Cataluña: 7.5 million visitors (down 12%)
  • Baleares: 5.2 million visitors (down 7.3%)
  • Andalucia: 4.6 million visitors (down 11.3%)
  • Canary Islands: 4.6 million visitors (down 14.7%)

Just over 70% of foreign tourists arrived in Spain outside the ‘package holiday’ environment with the vast majority choosing a hotel as their preferred accommodation. Holiday rental properties suffered a 4.4% decrease in popularity.

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