Figures launched present that tourism has as soon as once more consolidated its place as one of many important pillars of the Spanish financial system, in accordance with the INE nationwide institute of statistics.
Worldwide vacationers in 2023 has now wholly recovered from the pandemic and even outstripped that of the earlier all-time document of 2019.
Spain was badly affected by the pandemic which noticed the sector paralysed because of the influence of worldwide journey restrictions.
A complete of 79.8 million worldwide vacationers arrived in Spain between January and November – near the 83.9 million who got here in the entire of 2019 – and so they spent 101 billion euros, which exceeds the 92.278 billion recorded then and with nonetheless a month left to go shut the yr.
For the Madrid area, the figures have been additionally document breaking.
The Madrid regional Minister for Tourism, Mariano de Paco Serrano, mentioned that tourism has elevated by 17.6% because the pre-pandemic excessive with some 14 million guests to the area in 2023.
Madrid´s greatest month was September when 765,040 vacationers visited the area.
Visits up by 18% since final yr and 1% increased than in 2019, however spending is even higher than these figures, which reinforces the Authorities’s dedication to draw increased high quality tourism that can convey extra revenue to the sector.
Minister of Trade and Tourism, Jordi Hereu, mentioned: “vacationer arrivals and spending on the vacation spot have accelerated notably within the second half of the yr, particularly within the months that have been traditionally thought of off-season, with double-digit development, which has a really optimistic influence on the nationwide financial system, each by way of GDP and employment”.
