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Foreign tourist numbers up in Spain over first four months of the year
By h.b. - May 21, 2008 - 8:55 PM
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Foreign tourists on Benidorm beach - Archive Photo EFE
Foreign tourists on Benidorm beach - Archive Photo EFE
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More than 15 million people travelled to the country between January and April, most of them from Britain.
More than 15 million foreign tourists visited Spain between January and April this year. The number is a 3.3% increase on the same period last year, with more than half of the visitors made up by the British, Germans and French.

Most popular region of Spain was Cataluña with 24.6% of the total, but Andalucía suffered a 2.5% reduction in the number of foreign visitors over the four months.

The numbers come from the FRONTUR survey of tourist movements, dependent on the Ministry for Industry, Tourism, and Trade.
3.9 million British visitors represented 3.7% growth on last year, followed by 2.6 million Germans and 2.1 million French.

There was a 13% increase in the number of Scandinavian visitors and also advances in the numbers coming from Portugal and the United States.


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Comments

patrick
22 May 2008, 15:13
Yeah,and pigs will fly? Do you think that any country where its currency is linked to the Euro is going to actually see an INCREASE in tourist numbers THIS YEAR if the EXCHANGE RATE continues as it is? There are record numbers of house repossessions in the UK at this time and British people are currently being hit from all sides with increases in Electricity/Gas/Mortgages/Basic Food Prices/Fuel/and many other things and the last thing many of them can afford or even think about are holidays, so I don't believe these figures for a minute!
Roberto
22 May 2008, 15:53
Patrick it didn't stop over 40,000 football fans spending £1000 each and more for one night in Moscow! You could have a good holiday in Spain for that sort of money.
Maybe not everybody is feeling the pinch as badly as it is being made out, or the fall will come later in the year.
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