Spain: 2012 kicks off with 4.6% rise in tourism

Almost 2.8 million foreign tourists came to Spain last month, a 4.6% increase on January 2011.

These latest figures compiled by Frontur and released today by the Ministry of Industry show an increase of 122,000 foreign visitors in January 2012 compared with the same month the previous year, and suggests that the upward trend set last year is set to continue.

Tourism figures went up by 7.6% last year, reaching a total of 56.7 million foreign visitors in one year.

Source: ThinkSpain.com