Spain is experiencing the summer of records with 29.2 million tourists Only in the first five months of the year 0.4% less than before coronavirus pandemicAccording to Statistics of Tourist Movements at Borders (Frontur) published this Tuesday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). are 6.4 million more than last year. On a monthly basis, May was the second month in which 2019 figures were exceeded, with 8.2 million international tourists, an increase of 3.8%. In April, the increase was 1.2% compared to four years ago.
when it comes expenditures, figures are above 2019 for months, inflation According to consumer price index (CPI) data, it was 3.2% in May. This justifies, at least in part, that the total expenditure of international tourists in the first five months of 2023 reached €35,405 million, 15.8% more than in 2019 (31.9% more than in 2022). In May, tourists spent €9,723 million in the country, 19.5% more than in the same month of 2019 (and 20.8% compared to the same month of 2022), with an average spend per tourist of € 1,183 (15% over 2019) and Average daily spend of 185 euros (13% more).
The average duration of international touristic trips is 6.4 days.0.1 days less than May 2022 and 0.14 days less than a year ago.
France and America
HE Main exporting country in the first five months of 2023 United Kingdomwith around 5.8 million tourists, though still far from the 6.3 million it had accumulated in the same period of 2019. In second place is France, ahead of Germany with more than 3.9 million tourists, over 3.7 million before the pandemic. On the opposite side, Germany, with more than 3.7 million, is still a little off from the 3.7 million in 2019.
Besides France, Good performance by visitors from America With over 3 million tourists, 500,000 more than in the same pre-pandemic period. 100,000 of this increase corresponds to the United States, and the rest to the rest of the continent. Belgium, the Netherlands, Portugal, Switzerland and the ‘other European countries’ category (including Russia since the war) also improved their numbers in the first months of the year, while the number of visitors from Italy and Europe was almost the same. Scandinavian countries are lower.
This The trend of May is very similar to the one that accumulates in the first months. Thus, France’s pull nearly offsets the worst numbers for the UK and Germany, with a total of 4 million tourists still 0.9% less than before the pandemic. Tourists to Spain from the United States and the rest of the Americas were 32% more than in 2019, with a total of 945,590 visitors.
Catalonia continues to lead
This It is the community that receives the most tourists. Catalonia with about 6.1 millionbut with a slower recovery than the rest of Spain still with 10% fewer tourists than before the pandemic. Along with Madrid (with 2.9 million, 6.8% less than in 2019), it is the only major community still behind in 2019. Both –Balearic and Canary Islands– and The Valencian Community have already recovered their 2019 level due to the ‘sun and beach’ drive. Andalusia is close to 4.4 million received before the pandemic.