International tourist arrivals and tourist spending in Spain once again experienced a significant increase in April, culminating a historic first four-month period for tourism.

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Spending by international tourists increased by 22.6% in the first four months of the year,

In April, 7.8 million international tourists visited our country, 8.3% more than in April 2023, according to data published by the National Statistics Institute (INE). In addition, Spain once again broke its record for tourist spending in this month. Foreign visitors contributed 9,565 million euros, which represents a growth of 13.1% compared to the figure for April last year. In the accumulated four-month period, spending by international tourists grew by 22.6% to over 31.5 billion euros and the number of visitors increased by 14.5% to over 23.9 million tourists.

For the Minister of Industry and Tourism Jordi Hereu “the results of the first four months of 2024, the best in the historical series since we have official records, speak of a tourism that revolves around quality as a differentiating aspect, with spending at destination that continues to increase and that symbolizes the permanent idyll of international tourists with a range of innovative offers and that aspire to realize values such as sustainability and digitization”.

In detail, April’s tourism expenditure data also offer remarkable results. The statistics on average spending per traveler and average daily spending which, together with the average stay, are three essential concepts for measuring the effectiveness of the ministry’s tourism strategy, have once again improved for another month. Each tourist spent an average of 1,221 euros in April, 4.4% more than last year, and spending per day also reflects this growth, reaching 183 euros, an increase of 5.4% year-on-year. The majority length of stay among tourists was four to seven nights, with almost 4 million and an annual increase of 6.7%.

Main tourist markets
For yet another month, the United Kingdom tops the list of countries of origin of tourists, with 1.5 million people in April and an increase of 8.5% over April 2023. From France, the second most visited country, 1.2 million tourists arrived (10.8% more than a year ago) and from Germany, the third in the ranking, 1.1 million tourists visited us (31.8% above the figure for April 2023). The main countries of origin in the first four months of the year were the United Kingdom (with more than 4.4 million and an increase of 12.9%), Germany (with almost 3.2 million and an increase of 16.9%) and France (with more than 3.1 million, up 13.8%). In addition, the largest increases in April were in the markets of Belgium, up 20% year-on-year; Italy, up 18.2%; and “rest of the world” visitors, up 14.8%.

As for the level of spending, tourists from the United Kingdom -those who spend the most in our country- spent 1,598 million euros in April, which represents a growth of 18.7%. The second country in terms of spending was Germany, whose nationals spent 1,405 million euros on their vacations in Spain, an increase of 12.3% compared to April 2023. In third place is France, with an expenditure of 872 million euros and a growth of 12.8%. Leading the countries with the highest growth in spending during April is Italy, whose nationals spent 22.7% more than in April 2023. In the first four months of 2024, the United Kingdom was the country with the highest cumulative spending (16.5% of the total), followed by Germany (13.3%) and the Nordic countries (7.9%).