Spain Breaks Tourism Record: 58.1 Million Visitors by July
Tourism spending climbed 7.8% to €82.05 billion as Spain drew 58.1 million visitors, with Catalonia the top destination, INE figures showed.
- Spain welcomed 58.1 million international tourists between January and July 2026, a 4.6% increase from the same period last year. Tourism spending hit an all-time high of €82.05 billion, up 7.8%.
- The United Kingdom and France remained top source markets with 11.5 million and 7.2 million visitors respectively. Arrivals from the UK increased 4.6%, while France saw a 1.2% rise and German tourism dipped 0.5%.
- Andalusia received 9.02 million tourists, an 8.2% year-on-year increase, while the Balearic Islands recorded 9.16 million visitors, up 1.8%. The Canary Islands saw 9.02 million arrivals, down 0.6%.
- Madrid and the Valencian Community recorded the strongest growth among major destinations, with increases of 9.6% and 8.9% respectively. In July, the Valencian Community received 1.63 million visitors, a 9.5% rise.
- Accommodation accounted for 19.8% of total spending, followed by package tours at 19.3% and international transport at 19.2%. The most common length of stay was seven nights, with 5.7 million travelers, an 8.7% increase.
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Spain received 11.5 million foreign tourists in July, representing 4.6% more than in the same month of 2025, and recorded an expenditure of 18,218 million euros, 10.9% more annually, according to the data made public this morning by the INE. It is the highest passenger arrival data in history for a single month (the previous one was August 2025, with 11.2 million), which has also boosted the spending figures to the maximum in the statistical ser…
Each tourist spent an average of 1,579 euros. In the first seven months of the year, the number of tourists grows another 4.6%, up to 58.1 million, and their spending rises by 7.8% to 81,054 million.
International visitors spent in our country the seventh month of the year up to 18,218 million euros.
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