According to data published by the National Statistics Institute (INE)
According to data made public this Friday by the National Institute of Statistics (INE) , Spain received more than 16.1 million international tourists in the first quarter of the year , which is 17.7% more than in the same period of 2023.These tourists generated an expenditure of 21,948 million euros between January and March. That is, 27.2% more, ending the first quarter of the year as a «historic» period for tourism. Although it must be taken into account that the celebration of Holy Week took place during this period.As reported by the Ministry of Industry and Tourism , «the arrival of international tourists and tourist spending in Spain have experienced notable growth in the month of March, culminating a historic first quarter of the year for tourism.»Along these same lines, the Minister of Industry and Tourism, Jordi Hereu , has stressed that «this first quarter of the year, traditionally conceived in the past as a low season, has turned out to be the best in our historical series, with a notable growth in spending in destination and the average expenditure of international tourists, which perfectly captures the change in the tourism model .March specific dataMore specifically, 6.3 million international tourists arrived in Spain in March , 21% more than in the third month of 2023, as can be seen from Statistics surveys relating to the entry of foreign travelers ( Frontur ) and the associated expenditure ( Egatur ) published this Friday, which reveal that the tourist spending record has been broken again this month.In addition, foreign visitors contributed 8,652 million euros, which represents a growth of 29.7% compared to the figure for March of last year. Specifically, each tourist spent an average of 1,363 euros in March, 7.3% more than last year, and spending per day also reflected this growth, reaching 180 euros , an increase of 5.4% year-on-year.The stay experienced a slight increase compared to the data from the third month of last year, reaching 7.6 days on average .
