Madrid - Spain has broken yet another tourism record after
receiving 54.4 million international visitors up until September of this year,
according to a new survey released by the Industry, Energy and Tourism
Ministry.
The new figure is 3.8% higher than
calculations taken at the end of September 2014 for the same nine-month period.
Last month, Spain broke its all-time
record for the number of foreign tourist arrivals up to August when it
registered 47.2 million visits – a 4.1% rise from the first eight months of
2014.
The latest figures from the ministry’s
Tourism Border Movements Survey (Frontur) show that once again most visitors
came from Britain, Germany and France – which together make up more than half
of all tourists entering the country.
In all, Spain received two million more
tourists than in 2014 over the same nine-month period, Frontur said.
The Madrid region showed the biggest
improvement in the survey with an 11% increase in visitors.
Catalonia remains the preferred
destination of most foreign tourists with almost 14 million arrivals – 3.2%
more than last year.
The Balearics ranks second with more
than 10 million foreigners landing on the islands – a 2.5% rise from 2014.
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