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Spain Tourist Arrivals

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Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica
Source Link: https://ine.es/
Frequency: Monthly
Next Release(s): December 3rd, 2025 3:00 AM

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Total tourist arrivals in Spain were up 7.7% YoY in February, up from the 6.1% YoY increase in January.
- Arrivals by tourists from France (+15.9 YoY) and Switzerland (+30.2% YoY) were up the most.
- Total arrivals using hotel accommodation were up 4.2% YoY, and total arrivals using non-market hosting jumped 19.0% YoY.
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Tourist activity was still strong in Spain to start the new year after fading a bit in December.
- Total tourist arrivals were up 6.1% YoY in January, a recovery from the weaker growth of 1.1% YoY in December but below the 15.5% YoY seen a year ago.
- The fastest growth based on country of origin was France (+12.2% YoY) and Portugal (+17.5% YoY).
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Spain total international tourist arrivals slowed to just 1.1% YoY in December after the sharp increase of 10.3% YoY in November.
- For the full year 2024, total tourists reached just under 93.8 million, a 10.1% increase over 2023 and an all-time high total.
- The country of residence with the most tourists was the UK at 18.4 million, an increase of 6.6% YoY followed by France at 13.0 million (+10.3%) and Germany as 11.9 million (+8.6%).
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Spain reports that it saw 5.7 million tourist arrivals in November, up 10.3% YoY.
- Through the first 11 months of the year, tourist arrivals have totaled 88.5 million which is 10.7% above the same period in 2023 and the highest on record.
- The UK was the origin country of the most tourists in November and the YTD period.
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