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Spain's tourism sector generated €135 billion in 2025 as protests rise over local housing and environmental pressures in popular tourist areas, officials said.
- On Thursday, Tourism Minister Jordi Hereu announced Spain registered 97 million foreign tourists in 2025, a 3.5-percent rise on 2024, and spending rose 6.8 percent to 135 billion euros.
- Following a post‑Covid rebound, Pedro Aznar of Esade said tourism now represents around 13 percent of Spain's economy, with most visitors from Britain, Germany, and France, making up about half of arrivals.
- Protests erupted as thousands complained rising visitor numbers alter neighbourhoods in Barcelona, Andalusia, and the Canary and Balearic Islands, while Barcelona and Malaga announced measures to curb short-term rentals.
- Environmental sustainability and water stress remain concerns, with the country emerging from a years‑long drought in 2025, despite the Bank of Spain forecasting 3.5 percent growth in 2025.
- Amid local protests, he said this is a collective success that demonstrates Spain's attractivity, as the leftist government faces pressure to address housing concerns.
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Tourism is growing in a "sustainable" way and becoming less "seasonal", says the Spanish government. Tourist costs reached EUR 135 billion in 2025.
Madrid, Spain. In 2025, Spain crossed the historical barrier of the 100 million foreign tourists, receiving 97 million visitors, a new annual record that exceeds 94 million registered in 2024, according to a first estimate released on Thursday by the Ministry of Industry and Tourism. “It is a collective success of the whole country,” Minister Jordi Hereu celebrated during a press conference in Madrid, in which he highlighted the weight of the se…
Spain received 97 million visitors in the last year, 3.5% more than a year earlier, which increased their spending almost 7% compared to 2024
The country recorded a record tourist influx in 2025, stimulating the economy but reviving local tensions related to overtourism Spain hosted a record 97 million tourists
In 2025 Spain recorded another year of record in the arrival of foreign visitors, but it remains at the doors of the 100 million tourists, the round figure that the government expected to reach at the beginning of last year. According to the figures advanced this Thursday by the Minister of Industry and Tourism, Jordi Hereu, to our country reached 97 million international travelers in 2025, 3.5% more than in 2024, but three times less than 10.3%…
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