Spain’s dedicated to being a record breaker with 7.64 million foreign visitors last month
In August this year 7.64 million foreign tourists visited Spain, a 9.4% increase over the same month in 2010, with data from the survey of tourist movements at FRONTUR indicating that this marked an all-time monthly high for the country.
Since the beginning of 2011, 40 million tourists have visited Spain, representing a 7.8% increase over the same period in 2010.
The Ministry of Industry which produces the tourist movement survey suggests that August visitor figures ‘reinforces the good prospects of Spain in 2011’ highlighted by the fourth best year in the history of Spanish tourism, a great achievement considering the economic recovery only began back in the second half of 2010.
Further data indicates that while Brits are one of the most regular and indeed loyal visitors to Spanish shores standing at 9.5 million, there has been impressive increases in numbers of other foreign visitors to Spain between January and August this year, with a 16.7% rise in American tourists in the month of August as well as a 12.3% increase in German and 10.5% rise in Italian visitors.
By destination, Catalonia was the largest recipient of foreign tourists receiving 1.9 million visitors in August whilst the Balearic Islands followed closely behind with 1.8 million tourists in the same month. Meanwhile, 1 million visitors flocked to Andalucía, 821,000 tourists visited the Canary Islands while 737,000 foreigners picked Valencia and 550,000 made Madrid their destination of choice.
Ignacio Osle, Sales & Marketing Manager of Taylor Wimpey España, comments,
“Despite difficult economic conditions across mainland Europe, Spain is one of the most resilient holiday destinations, remaining popular with foreigners whatever the market conditions. Recently, the IMF stated that Spain will be the only country that will experience higher levels of growth next year compared to its European counterparts of France, Italy and Greece. Spain has a global appeal as a tourist destination; we have even seen 53,000 tourists arrive from India in the first half of this year, representing a 35% increase.
“Spain is recovering well especially with the help of the country’ss overall tourism drive and low cost airlines like easyJet increasing the number of flights it operates from the Netherlands to destinations such as Mallorca next year. Indeed, Mallorca is one such destination that has performed better on the property front than its mainland counterparts offering strong rental market potential.”
Following the success of Cala Magrana I and II, Taylor Wimpey España are now launching phase III comprising 20 stunning apartments in Mallorca situated 600m to Cala Anguila beach, a selection of golf courses and the marina of Porto Cristo.
Costing from €220,000 + VAT, this residential development consists of 2 bedroom apartments surrounding a communal garden with a swimming pool. Ground floor apartments have a spacious terrace with a garden for private use while Top floor apartments benefit from a roof terrace also for private use.
For more information on purchasing a piece of Spanish heaven contact Taylor Wimpey España today on 08000 121 020 or visit www.taylorwimpeyspain.com for more information. If you reside outside of the UK you will need to call 00 34 971 706 244.