October against Turistification was rounded off last Sunday with a multitudinous demonstration in favor of the tourist growth of the Bizilagunak platform, but the debate on turistification is still alive in the city. In particular, they have contacted the tourism of... [+]
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The number of tourists who visited the Spanish State in June is down 97.7%
- At the beginning of the summer tourism season, 8,830,000 visitors were counted in the Spanish State in 2019, while this year the decrease has been very pronounced: 204,926 tourists. As a result, the sector's revenue has been reduced by 98.6%.
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The number of tourists in the Spanish state decreased in June by 97.7% compared to the same month of 2019. Last year 8.83 million visitors were visited, and this year 204,926 have been counted. This has led to a fall in income of 98.6%: While in June 2019 €9.696 million was paid, this year the revenue has been €133 million. This data has been disseminated by the Spanish National Statistical Institute (INE).
As for the origin of tourists, the French State has been the main: 64,895 people, 31.7% of the total. This represents a decrease of 93.2% compared to the same month of the previous year. Germany (16.5%), the Netherlands (6%), Italy (5.1%) and the United Kingdom (4.1%) followed. The average expenditure per tourist was 651 euros, 40.6% less. Average daily expenditure, for its part, fell by 30.4%, to 114 euros.
By autonomous communities, tourists from outside the Spanish state prioritized in June Catalonia (37.4%), Comunidad Valenciana (15.4%), Baleares (13.8%), Madrid (10%) and Andalusia (6.9%). Between January and June, the number of international tourists decreased by 71.7%, representing 10.8 million people. In this first semester, foreign visitor spending decreased by 70.6% compared to 2019: EUR 11,840 million in 2020, EUR 40,380 million in 2019.
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