Madrid. Foreign tourists spent in Spain 12,253 million euros (about US $ 13,971 million) in the first quarter, ie 7.4% more than the same period of 2015 , said Thursday in Madrid (capital) INE.
the National Statistics Institute (INE) of Spain published its Tourist expenditure Survey, according to which foreign visitors left in March 4.838 million euros (about US $ 5,516 million) in the European country.
the period in question coincided with Easter holidays, which represented an increase of 10% compared with the same month of 2015.
the INE said that most visitors spent on Spanish territory during the first three months of the year came from the UK, which accounted for 18.8% of the total, followed by those from Germany with 13.8%.
according to the tourist expenditure Survey, the average per tourist stood in March at 1,003 euros (about US $ 1,144), representing a decrease of 5.3% compared to the same month of the year past.
The average expenditure per tourist per day turn reached 126 euros (about $ 144), ie, a decrease of 2.4% compared to March 2015.
the Spanish autonomous communities concentrated most economic benefit as a result of the visit of foreign tourists.
Canaries (archipelago in the Atlantic) recorded 30.7% of the total, Catalonia (northeast) 19.1 % and Andalusia (south) 15.1%.
the arrival of foreign passersby grows in Spain, so we expect a record year above the estimated 70 million visitors in 2015.
Spain received in the first quarter of this year about twelve million foreign passersby.
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