Foreign tourists spent a record $ 43,584,000 … – 20minutos.es

Foreign tourists spent a record $ 43,584,000 … – 20minutos.es

A Spanish beach in an image file. (AP)

The tourists who visited Spain between January and August spent a record amount of EUR 43,584,000, which an increase of 7.4% over the same period of 2013 , according to the Tourist Expenditure Survey (Egatur), published Friday by the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism.

The increase is in line with the figure in international visitor arrivals, which grew by 7.3% to over 45.4 million .

however the average expenditure per tourist stood at 960 euros , while the daily expenditure per visitor increased slightly (0.2%) and stood at 107 euros.

Catalonia remained at the head of expenditure with a rise of 5.6% Only in August , strong month of summer vacation, international tourists were left on his trip to Spain of 9.087 million euros , representing a record high and an increase of 8.7% on the eighth month of 2013 That month, the average expenditure per tourist was 1,002 euros and daily average expenditure of 102 euros, which in both cases implies a decrease of 0.1% on-year.

Back in the full year, UK was by some distance on the rest, market plus additional spending contributed in the first eight months of the year, an increase of 7.6% to 8.896 million.

stood behind Germany with 6.738 million and a rise of 7%; France, 4,539 million and an increase of 5.5%, and Italy, at a cost of 1,940 million and an increase of 11.8%.

also recorded significant progress in its spending visitors from Asian countries and the United States, according to the same source. In contrast, spending by Russian tourists fell 3.5% from a year and totaled 1.599 million euros.

The survey reveals that Canary Islands with a rise of 13.3% and a total expenditure of 8.205 million, and Andalusia, with an increase of 11.8% (6.506 million) were the communities that generated additional spending in recent months.

Catalonia remained at the head of expenditure with a rise of 5.6% (10,397 million). In Madrid grew 12.3% (3672000) and Valencia 2% (3.733 million).

The only major international tourism destinations saw cut spending was Baleares , a decrease of 2.3% (7,748 million).

For accommodations, hoteliers accounted for 63% of spending between January and August for international visitors, an increase of 5.6%. In other places the rise was 10.6 %%.

66.6% of tourists chose to travel to Spain without hiring a tour package , 6 % from a year earlier, while those who chose an organized trip rose 10.5%.