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Foreign tourists. By country of residence

Foreign tourists. By country of residence Catalonia. July, 2016
Year-over-year variation
Value % over total Absolute % month % accumulated
Total 2,394.8 100.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 3.5 5.2
Germany 174.4 7.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 7.3 13.4
Belgium 109.3 4.6 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available -5.7 -19.9
France 557.4 23.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 2.8 -2.4
Ireland 73.7 3.1 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 125.2 80.8
Italy 129.6 5.4 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available -6.5 -1.1
Netherlands 131.2 5.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available -34.4 -10.6
Nordic countries 109.1 4.6 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 0.3 10.0
Portugal 10.9 (*) Estimate with high variability 0.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available -4.2 (*) Estimate with high variability 74.6 (*) Estimate with high variability
United Kingdom 255.4 10.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 10.3 11.1
Russia 84.9 3.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 1.3 10.0
Switzerland 23.5 1.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available -54.2 -11.8
Rest of Europe 256.2 10.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 21.9 4.8
United States 131.7 5.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 15.7 17.3
Rest of America 113.8 4.8 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 14.7 17.3
Rest of the world 233.5 9.8 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 10.9 13.2
Units: Thousands.
Source: Idescat, based on data of the INE's Tourist Movement on Borders Survey and Tourist Expenditure Survey.
Notes:
It considers information of trips of foreign tourists whose main destination is Catalonia.
Rates of variation for 2016 are chained rates provided by the INE.
(*) Estimate with high variability.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.
Foreign tourists. By country of residence Spain. July, 2016
Year-over-year variation
Value % over total Absolute % month % accumulated
Total 9,545.8 100.0 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 10.0 11.4
Germany 1,296.3 13.6 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 5.9 6.7
Belgium 417.1 4.4 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 3.7 3.6
France 1,513.7 15.9 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 14.3 8.9
Ireland 222.7 2.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 9.7 19.6
Italy 449.5 4.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 3.0 6.4
Netherlands 508.4 5.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available -3.7 10.2
Nordic countries 656.9 6.9 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 14.4 12.4
Portugal 237.4 2.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 19.8 16.7
United Kingdom 2,166.6 22.7 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 10.8 15.7
Russia 150.3 1.6 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 5.4 1.7
Switzerland 236.7 2.5 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 6.5 10.2
Rest of Europe 602.7 6.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 15.1 15.7
United States 275.3 2.9 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 4.6 7.3
Rest of America 301.7 3.2 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 18.8 18.7
Rest of the world 510.5 5.3 .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available 19.3 13.9
Units: Thousands.
Source: INE. Tourist Movement on Borders Survey.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: August 30, 2016. Revised series on April 2, 2024. Next update: May 3, 2024 Calendari

Methodological note

Foreign Tourism in Catalonia involves data processed by Idescat based on the Survey of Tourist Movement on Borders (Frontur) and Survey of Tourist Expenditure (Egatur) from the INE.

Its goal is to measure, on a monthly basis, the number of visitors living abroad, in accordance with access routes and type of visitor, and reveal the main attributes of said trips.

This statistic encompasses the trips taken by international tourists and excursionistsaccording to the country where they normally reside(that is, the trips taken by travellers whose usual country of residence is outside Spain, regardless of their nationality).

Tourists are those people who travel to a main destination outside their usual environment, involving at least one overnight stay, for a duration of less than one year and when the main reason for the visit (including business, leisure and other personal reasons) is not connected with a job in a company established in the location visited.

Excursionists are those people who travel to a main destination outside their usual environment, involving no overnight stay. Said visits must meet the following characteristics:

  • The point of departure must be the person's usual environment.
  • The visit cannot be part of the person's daily routine.
  • It must have a duration of at least three hours.
  • Its frequency must be less than once per week.

Up until the third quarter of 2015, the Spanish Institute of Tourism was in charge of producing the Survey of Tourist Movement on Borders (Frontur) and the Survey of Tourist Expenditure (Egatur). Starting in the last quarter of 2015, the body in charge of said operations is the INE. Said shift of responsibilities also entailed a change in the design and methodology of the surveys, which means the data will not be entirely comparable to previous series.

You can get more information about these statistics in the methodology.