Spain tourism up by 7.5%

A new survey by FRONTUR found that Spain welcomed 24.8 million holiday makers so far this year. This represents an increase in 7.5% compared with the same period last year.

June was a particularity strong month according to the survey with 5.7 million tourist arrivals; a significant increase of 8.5% compared with last year.

The survey also looked at the source of Spain’s tourism in June to find that the UK and Germany still contribute the most, however while UK visitors are up by 9.6% compared with last year, German tourists have fallen by 1.8%.

Interestingly, the largest increase in tourism came from the Netherlands with a 23% more visitors, closely followed by the USA who contributed 21% more tourists compared with last year.

Source: Select Property