Spain received a total of 53.49 million passengers in the first seven months of the year comes from international airports, so a 21.6% more More than recorded in the same period of 2022, according to data released by Turespaña this Monday. 60% arrived in Spain with low cost airlines.
Passengers from international airports arriving in Spain in July were touched 10.3 million, 11.5% more According to the same month of 2022. According to the best historical data from July 2019, today’s figure is just 1.62% lower.
On behalf of Héctor Gómez, acting Minister of Industry, Trade and Tourism, “Spain is a leading destination and this is proven by today’s data. sweet summer With record spending and tourist arrivals, and a model change horizon for quality and sustainability that is already unstoppable, the industry is experiencing it at all levels.”
Of the 53.49 million international passengers arriving in Spain until July, 31.8 million (59.5%) arrived on low-cost airlines and 21.6 million (40.5%) on traditional airlines.
Last July, 6.14 million international passengers arrived at Spanish airports with low-cost companies and 4.1 million with traditional companies. Passengers from low-cost companies came mainly United KingdomGermany and Italy, while those from traditional companies originate in Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. As the autonomous destination community, low-cost companies mainly go to the Balearic Islands, Catalonia and the Valencian Community, while traditional companies did so last July in Madrid, the Balearic Islands and Catalonia.
Most from EU
In July, passengers from all main countries to Spain increased. 56% of all passengers European UnionIt experienced an increase of 11.4%, while influx from the rest of the world, which made up the remaining 44%, increased by 11.7%.
Compared to the figures of the immediate previous year, the markets Highest growth in July Poland34.7% morePortugal was followed by Portugal with 23.3% and Italy with 18.8%.
United Kingdom accounted for 24.1% of the total The number of passengers arriving in Spain in July increased by 8.2% over the years. This growth has affected entire communities, particularly the Balearic and Canary Islands, where 28.7% and 20.1% of its travelers arrive. The number of passengers from Germany (14.2% of the total) increased by 6.6%, mainly taking advantage of the Balearic Islands (48.4% of the passengers).
9.3% came from Italy The 18.8% year-on-year growth in passenger flow received in July especially benefited Catalonia (27.4% of passengers) and Madrid (23.3%). France issued 7.8% of all passengers in July, with a 5.8% in particular supporting the Balearic Islands (23.4% of passengers), Madrid (21.6%) and Catalonia (21%). showed expansion. In July, passenger numbers from the Netherlands increased by 15%, with 4.7% of the total being the main destination Catalonia (22.5% of passengers).
Balearic Islands leader
The growth (96.6% of the total) in the six autonomous community groups with the highest number of arrivals was 11.1%. The Balearic Islands were the most visited community (23.8% of the total), followed by Catalonia (19.6%) and Madrid (19.4%). Of the six main communities, Valencian Community recorded the highest annual growth (16.7%).
Madrid was the community with the highest share of arrivals in traditional companies Compared to the same month of 2022 (35.5%) and the same month of 2022 (25.3%), Catalonia recorded the highest increase.
Regarding low-cost companies’ traffic, the Balearic Islands had the highest share of arrivals (26.9%), followed by Catalonia (22.4%) and Valencian Community (18.7%), which experienced the largest year-on-year growth.