Spain has received a total of 91.5 million of international passengers until October, which is 11.3% more than in the same period in 2023. This was announced this Monday Turespañathe organization in charge of promoting Spain as a tourist destination. The most notable thing about the institution’s report is the consolidation in the market diversification.
As for the month of October, the last for which data is available, this continues the upward trend of the rest of 2024. Compared to the previous year, international passenger traffic has grown by 8.5%standing at 9.8 million.
Based on the breakdown of these passengers, 62.2% come from within the European Union, which amounts to 8%. The remaining 42.6% registered an increase of 9.1%. Regarding the countries whose number of passengers has experienced the greatest increase, among them is China (67.5%), United Arab Emirates (28.6%), Brazil (22%) and Canada (21%).
Traditional markets
He United Kingdomwith 2.1 million international passengers, generated the 21.9% of the total number of passengers arriving in Spain in October. This figure reflects a year-on-year advance of 6.3%. From the British it was Canary Islands who benefited the most, with 42,000 additional travelers this month. As for airlines, 82.1% of passengers chose ‘low cost’ companies.
Regarding the arrival of passengers from Germanywhich also represents a considerable share of tourists in Spain, its arrival in October stood at 1.5 million, 15.2% of the total number of travelers. The increase compared to September 2023 is 9.8%. The preferred destination of the German passenger was Balearicswith 42.7% of travelers choosing the islands to travel to Spain.
From ItalyFor its part, 9.8% of the flow of international passengers arrived, a figure close to one million. Compared to last year, this data also represents a 11.4% growth. The favorite destinations for Italians were Catalonia and the Community of Madrid, which together received 58.2% of travelers.
Favorite destinations
Serving the communities that received the most passengers, a group of six monopolized an arrival quota of the 97%and in all there was a considerable increase in October. First of all, it was Andalusia the autonomous community that registered the greatest year-on-year increase, reaching 11.4%. follows her closely the Valencian Communitywith 10.8%, and the Community of Madridmore moderate (7.5%).
Regarding the places of arrival, the figures are clear. the airport Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas It is the one that received the most arrivals in the month of October, with 2.09 million. The airport is close behind Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat, with 1.82 million travelers. Palma de Mallorca Airport, for its part, received 1.28 million, and the largest year-on-year increase occurred at the airport of Alicantewhich welcomed 13.8% more travelers than in October 2023.
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