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Date Published: 09/06/2022

ARCHIVED - Spanish tourism sector recovers 94 per cent of flights this summer

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Spain expects to welcome more than 32 million airline passengers between June and August

<span style='color:#780948'>ARCHIVED</span> - Spanish tourism sector recovers 94 per cent of flights this summer

Spain could be heading for its first heatwave of the year this weekend and the improving weather has signalled an impressive recovery of the tourism sector, which was utterly devastated by the travel restrictions of the coronavirus pandemic.

The latest data from Turespaña indicates that airlines have scheduled more than 32.4 million seats on flights to Spain between June and August this year, which represents a recovery of 94% compared to the same period in 2019.

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"After an exceptional Easter, we face the summer season with good prospects, getting closer and closer to pre-pandemic normality. Spain is confirming itself as one of the most desired world destinations this summer”, Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said this week, attributing the impressive traveller numbers to the success of the country’s vaccination campaign, the positive health data and the Government’s 160 million euro investment in the sector.

Moreover, several countries are actually registering higher passenger numbers to Spain than before the pandemic. 17.3% more people will fly to Spain from Mexico than in 2019 while tourists from Austria (7.1%), Norway (6.9%) and Denmark (6.2%) are also seeing considerable jumps.

Holidaymaker numbers from France, the Netherlands and Portugal have all grown by around 1.8% this year, while Spain’s two biggest tourist markets – the United Kingdom and Germany – already show a recovery level of 92.2% and 91.5%, respectively.

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