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Spain's tourism sector saw a 2.9% rise in August arrivals, reaching 22.3 million visitors over the summer, boosting economic growth despite local concerns over overtourism.
- During July and August 2025, Spain welcomed a historic total of 22.3 million international tourists, as reported by the National Statistics Institute.
- This record followed steady increases with 11 million arrivals in July and 11.3 million in August, driven mainly by visitors from Britain, France, and Germany.
- Rising numbers of international tourists have led to protests in well-known areas including Barcelona, Málaga, as well as the island groups of the Balearics and Canaries, highlighting local unease about excessive tourism.
- Tourist arrivals rose 2.9% in August and 1.6% in July year-on-year, surpassing the previous two-month record of 21.8 million set in 2024.
- Spain’s rapidly expanding economy remains strongly supported by its tourism industry, which is on track to welcome record-breaking visitor numbers despite increasing local resistance.
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Tourism, an activity that contributes 12.3% to the national GDP, continues to show an enviable state of health. Between January and August, the arrival of foreign tourists again marked record figures, when the 66.8 million visitors rose. This figure represents an increase of almost 4% over the same period of the previous year, well below the 11.2% that grew just one year ago. The industry itself has been warning that, very probably, the sector i…
Spain received between January and August 66.77 million foreign tourists, 3.9 % over a year earlier, and spent 92.463 million, 7.1 % more.
Spain welcomed 22.3 million foreign visitors in July and August, the highest figure in its history over this period, according to official data published on Thursday. The post Spain: new tourist traffic record this summer appeared first on LesEco.ma.
More people than ever have been on holiday in Spain this summer. The National Statistical Institute recorded 22.3 million foreign tourists in the months of July and August.
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