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SURVEY OF NON-RESIDENT TOURIST SPENDING IN SPAIN

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TOURIST SPENDING IN MAY 2013 ESPAÑA

  • International tourist arrivals in Spain increased by 7.4% in May, coupled with an increase in total spending.
  • Non-residents spent 5,095 million euros, 8.9% more than in the same month of 2012.
  • The average spending per person increased (1.4%), but the average daily spending experienced a slight decrease (-0.9%).
  • The average stay increased by 2.3%.
  • The British market was mainly responsible for such a positive outcome, followed by the German market. The remaining principal markets, with he exception of Italy, experienced an increase. 

TOTAL SPENDING DURING THE PERIOD JANUARY-MAY 2013   

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  • The total spending by international tourists in the period January-May amounted to 18,433 million euros, a 7.9% increase over the same period in 2012. The average spending per person and per day also evolved in a positive way.

SOURCE MARKETS FOR TOURISTS TRAVELLING TO SPAIN

  • The UK spent 1,101 million euros in May and was the market with the highest increase in spending in absolute values.
  • The total spending grew in Germany by 11.6% after April’s decrease, which resulted in 840 million more.
  • France generated 8.6% of the total spending, experiencing a 14.1% growth in line with the preceding months.

TYPE OF UNIT, ORGANISATION AND REASON OF THE TRIP

  • The total spending of tourists staying at hotels grew by 4.5% while that of tourists staying in a different kind of unit went up by 19.6%. Among the latter, the rental of accommodation increased the most.
  • Package holiday tourists reduced their total spending by 1.6% and those travelling in a less organised manner increased their spending by 14.7%. In both cases, the average spending per person experienced an increase.
  • Tourists travelling to Spain for leisure increased their total spending by 9.2% and those travelling on business did the same by 14.9%.
SOURCE: TOURIST SPENDING SURVEY – EGATUR
INSTITUTO DE ESTUDIO TURÍSTICOS DEL MINISTERIO DE TURISMO
(TOURIST STUDIES INSTITUTE OF THE MINISTRY OF TOURISM)

 

TOURIST MOVEMENT ACROSS SPANISH BORDERS

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(DATA FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL 2013).

4.6 million international tourists in total visited Spain in April, 3.1% more than during the same month in 2012. This figure is the result of an excellent response to the existing demand and represents the best figure for this month over the last five years. The better part of such an increase corresponds to tourists from United Kingdom and the Nordic countries.

 Of special note once more is the Russian market with a 45.5% increase during this month.

14 million tourists visited Spain during the first four months of this year, a 2.5% increase over the same period in 2012. France and the Nordic countries lead such an increase.

This four-month period (January to April 2013) will see a higher number of arrivals than the previous four years.

 SOURCE MARKETS

United Kingdom is the market which made the highest contribution in April to the growth of international tourism in Spain, with 68 million arrivals more and its third consecutive month on the up.

France, second source market during the month, grew by 2.2% with the Comunidad Valenciana as the main recipient of the increased flow of tourists.

Germany fell by 4.7% this month after growing for two consecutive months.

The Nordic countries continued the strong increase of the preceding months with a 14.1% growth.

Italy put an end this month to the preceding months’ decreases and experienced a 2.1% growth. Comunidad de Madrid was the destination that saw the largest increase.

Data Source: Trend note for April 2013 issued by FRONTUR (Spanish Ministry of Tourism).