Madrid Breaks Tourism Record, Tops €10bn in International Spending
12 Articles
12 Articles
Madrid breaks tourism record, tops €10bn in international spending
Madrid saw a historic boost in international tourism in the first half of 2026, with spending reaching €10 billion, up 11.4% year on year, according to Spain's National Statistics Institute (INE).
In June alone, the region received 1,228,277 international tourists, 6.3% more than in the same month of 2025, doubling the growth recorded by Spain as a whole.
Spanish destinations reach record figures, with an average tourist expenditure of 1,393 euros in the first half of the year Luxury hotels and clubs in Ibiza are launched to promote millionaire flats Between January and June 46.56 million tourists entered Spain, 4.6% more than a year before, and they spent 63,836 million, 7% more, figures that month after month are back to historical highs. The surveys of arrivals of non-residents (Frontur) and a…
Catalonia is the second community in the cumulative, with 18.5% of the total
Tourism in Spain is back to historical peaks. Between January and June, 46.56 million tourists visited Spain, 4.6% more than a year earlier. A data that comes from another increase in spending, which was 63,836 million, 7% more than in the same period of the previous year, as can be seen from the data of non-residents (Frontur) and associated spending (Egatur), of the National Institute of Statistics (INE). The figures show that the trend of spe…
The arrival of foreign tourists to Catalonia is not slowing down despite the many voices that indicate that it has reached its peak and are betting on a change of model. In the first half of this 2026, 9.57 million foreign visitors arrived in Catalonia, a figure that is 3.5% higher than the same period last year, according to data published this Monday by the National Statistics Institute (INE).
Coverage Details
Bias Distribution
- 40% of the sources lean Left, 40% of the sources are Center
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium







