CdM | Spain received 9.4 million international tourists in May, 1.5% more than in the same month last year, whose total expenditure reached \u20ac12.254 billion, an increase of 4.9%, according to data published by the National Statistics Institute (INE).<\/p>\n
The United Kingdom was the main country of residence, with almost 2.1 million tourists and an increase of 7.3% compared to May 2024. France accounted for 1.2 million (down 6.7%) and Germany for 1.2 million (down 6.1%).<\/p>\n
The number of tourists using market accommodation as their main type of accommodation increased by 0.4% year-on-year. Within this type, hotel accommodation fell by 1.7%, while rented accommodation grew by 14.8%. Non-market accommodation increased by 9%.<\/p>\n
The majority of tourists stayed for four to seven nights, with more than 4.7 million and an annual decrease of 0.4%. The number of visitors increased by 9.2% among those not staying overnight (day visitors) and by 6% among tourists staying longer (more than 15 nights).<\/p>\n
Almost 7 million tourists travelled without a package tour in May, 0.8% more. More than 2.4 million arrived with a package tour, 3.8% more.<\/p>\n
By autonomous community, the Balearic Islands were the main destination for tourists in May, with 21.2% of the total. They were followed by Catalonia (20.5%) and Andalusia (15.5%). In addition, 0.2% fewer tourists arrived in the Balearic Islands than in May 2024, 5.6% fewer in Catalonia and 8.1% more in Andalusia.<\/p>\n
In the first five months of 2025, the number of tourists visiting Spain increased by 5.5% to over 35 million. The main countries of origin in the first five months were the United Kingdom (with nearly 6.8 million and an increase of 6.9%), France (with almost 4.6 million and an increase of 3.9%) and Germany (with more than 4.5 million, up 1.8%). The regions that received the most tourists were Catalonia (7.3 million, up 2.2% on the same period in 2024), the Canary Islands (6.8 million, up 4.1%) and Andalusia (5.4 million, up 9.6%).<\/p>\n
The average expenditure per tourist was \u20ac1,304, with an annual increase of 3.3%. Meanwhile, average daily expenditure grew by 1.9% to 209 euros.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CdM | Spain received 9.4 million international tourists in May, 1.5% more than in the same month last…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5312],"tags":[2000,299,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-234444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-spain","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-spain"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114788803948920547","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}