Spain received a 73.9 million international tourists in the first ten months of the year, 0.5% more than in the same period of 2017, according to the provisional data of the Survey of Tourist Movements in Frontera (Frontur) prepared by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). From January to October, spending by international tourists reached 79.921 million euros, with an increase of 2.7% compared to the same period of 2017, according to the Tourist Expenditure Survey (Egatur) published on Monday by Statistics.
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The arrival of tourists fell by 1.9% in August and the summer is just no record for the first time in seven years, The overnight stays in Spanish hotels fall in August for the third month in a row that The Government fears a stagnation of tourism to the slowing of the major markets, The arrival of tourists slows but remains at record highs The hotel nights decreased 1.2% in June, until the 36.1 million
Only in the month of October, Spain received more than 7.6 million international visitors, a 5% more than the same month of 2017, that made a Cratosslot total expenditure of 8.148 million euros, which represents an increase of 4.6% compared with the same month of 2017.
The average expenditure daily per tourist in October was 1.067 euros, with an annual decrease of 0.4%, while the average expenditure daily grew 6%, up to 152 euros.
so far this year, the United Kingdom (with 16.7 million foreign tourists) remained the first source market, despite registering a decline of 2.2%, as compared to the first ten months of 2017. Followed France, with more than 10.3 million international tourists (+1.3%) and Germany, also with more than 10.3 million visitors, 4.8% less.
Catalonia is the first main destination of foreign tourists arrivals to Spain until October, with more than 17.1 million visitors, 1.2% less than in the same period of 2017. Below are the Balearic islands, with nearly 13.5 million visitors (-0,2%), and Canarias, with more than 11.3 million (-3,5%).
