Grow tourism revenues in Spain in 2016 – Prensa Latina

03 February, 2017 05:00Madrid, 3 feb (PL) 75.6 million foreign tourists came to Spain in 2016 conducted a global spending of 77 thousand 625 million euros, reported here today the National Institute of Statistics (INE).

These revenues accounted for 9.0 percent more than recorded in the previous year, according to final data of the Survey of Tourist Expenditure (Egatur) published on Friday by the INE.

In 2015, Spain received 68 million international visitors who spent $ 67 billion 385 million euros, an increase of 6.8 per cent with regard to 2014.

it was Only in December last, of the spending by the four million vacationers outsiders who visited this european country that month was four thousand 501 million euros, which represented almost a 20 percent increase year-on-year.

according To Egatur, the average expenditure per visitor in December, it stood on a thousand 131 euros (5.3 percent), while the average expenditure daily grew 7.2 percent, to 124 euros.

The hikers from the Uk were the highest spenders among in 2016, with 16 thousand 244 million euros, 12.8 percent more than in 2015 and 20.9 per cent of total consumption.

The germans spent 11 thousand 78 million on their visits to Spain (5.3 per cent above in 2015), while the French are in third place with six thousand 849 million, which represented an increase of 8.2 per cent.

By region of main destination, Catalonia, the archipelago of the Canary islands (Atlantic ocean) and the Balearic islands (Mediterranean) , in that order-accounted for the largest amount of income in the annual accumulated.

Spain is the third tourist destination in the world -behind France and the united States, an industry that contributes over 11 percent of its Gross Domestic Product.

The sector is considered as one of the main levers of growth of the economy and employment of the nation of spain.

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