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Date Published: 20/10/2021
ARCHIVED - Spain welcomes five million tourists in September
The number of tourists flocking to Spain is still well below pre-pandemic levels
As the tourism industry in Spain makes its steady rebound following the coronavirus pandemic, data released by Turespana on Tuesday October 19 shows that five million passengers arrived from international airports during September, a whopping five times more than in the same month last year (+437%). However, the figures are still far behind pre-pandemic levels, when 9.7 million travellers arrived in Spain during September of 2019.
Nevertheless, the Minister for Tourism, Reyes Maroto, sees the number as a positive step indicating that Spain is moving “in the right direction” and that the Spanish tourism sector is recovering solidly month by month.
"Spain is perceived as a safe and quality destination where you can enjoy a few days of rest", she stressed recently.
Compared with 2019, passengers from the Netherlands have been least affected, with numbers dropping by just 15%, while the most noticeable loss of tourism has been in travellers from the UK, which have fallen by 62.8% last month.
Germany generated 18.5% of the passenger arrivals in September, reaching 821,853 passengers – 39.7% less than the same month in 2019.
The Balearic Islands remain top of the list for foreign tourists, with more than a quarter of all passengers (1.17 million) flocking to this community. It is followed by Madrid with 959,706 people, Catalonia with 908,572, Andalusia with 689,937, the Canary Islands with 613,951 and the Valencian Community with 597,870.
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