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Foreign tourists. Declared expenditure

Foreign tourists. Declared expenditure Catalonia Value
Total spending (€M) Average expenditure per person (€) Average daily expenditure per person (€)
02/2024 (p) 1,105 1,053 198
01/2024 (p) 1,050 1,096 159
12/2023 1,229 1,204 171
11/2023 1,270 1,109 193
10/2023 1,908 1,142 224
09/2023 2,133 1,173 222
08/2023 2,810 1,304 200
07/2023 3,063 1,327 221
06/2023 2,243 1,233 246
05/2023 2,146 1,115 226
04/2023 1,619 1,050 213
03/2023 1,082 1,028 194
02/2023 938 1,008 197
01/2023 807 1,013 157
12/2022 882 1,083 155
11/2022 979 1,023 192
10/2022 1,503 1,013 190
09/2022 1,851 1,127 200
08/2022 2,416 1,270 183
07/2022 2,596 1,301 202
06/2022 1,857 1,139 206
05/2022 1,486 1,008 202
04/2022 1,147 991 194
03/2022 737 1,040 192
02/2022 587 947 149
01/2022 438 941 119
12/2021 546 978 132
11/2021 534 866 151
10/2021 761 876 159
09/2021 793 903 161
08/2021 1,127 1,046 152
07/2021 876 1,074 163
06/2021 388 959 172
05/2021 211 840 161
04/2021 89 950 183
03/2021 69 800 138
02/2021 55 1,006 142
01/2021 77 900 106
12/2020 85 872 116
11/2020 44 751 119
10/2020 137 592 108
09/2020 187 679 110
08/2020 435 949 140
07/2020 428 980 141
06/2020 39 506 105
05/2020 0 0 0
04/2020 0 0 0
03/2020 399 999 191
02/2020 994 1,028 184
01/2020 906 1,041 189
12/2019 1,081 1,089 193
11/2019 970 926 200
10/2019 1,868 1,114 221
09/2019 2,277 1,132 187
08/2019 2,776 1,174 176
07/2019 2,989 1,257 199
06/2019 2,515 1,155 217
05/2019 2,001 1,090 212
04/2019 1,645 984 198
03/2019 1,238 967 198
02/2019 1,014 984 195
01/2019 944 1,037 177
12/2018 1,062 1,096 161
11/2018 1,017 983 180
10/2018 1,710 1,027 208
09/2018 2,186 1,089 192
08/2018 2,726 1,120 162
07/2018 2,900 1,195 178
06/2018 2,386 1,134 197
05/2018 1,905 1,010 200
04/2018 1,512 963 189
03/2018 1,145 941 203
02/2018 1,023 1,008 199
01/2018 904 1,046 174
12/2017 877 1,066 153
11/2017 929 946 184
10/2017 1,549 1,035 186
09/2017 2,170 1,085 183
08/2017 2,655 1,034 137
07/2017 2,806 1,097 159
06/2017 2,114 1,043 189
05/2017 1,820 947 184
04/2017 1,500 855 176
03/2017 1,058 916 196
02/2017 927 937 156
01/2017 820 969 163
12/2016 940 983 146
11/2016 978 968 171
10/2016 1,467 939 175
09/2016 2,039 1,087 178
08/2016 2,402 960 130
07/2016 2,510 1,048 152
06/2016 1,787 965 181
05/2016 1,529 938 190
04/2016 1,224 825 173
03/2016 928 862 178
02/2016 832 894 165
01/2016 831 960 154
Source: Idescat, based on data of the INE's Tourist Movement on Borders Survey and Tourist Expenditure Survey.
Notes:
It considers expenditure information of trips of foreign tourists whose main destination is Catalonia.
Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.
Rates of variation for 2016 are chained rates provided by the INE.
(p) Provisional data.
Foreign tourists. Declared expenditure Spain Value
Total spending (€M) Average expenditure per person (€) Average daily expenditure per person (€)
02/2024 (p) 6,747 1,347 173
01/2024 (p) 6,550 1,374 158
12/2023 7,091 1,361 149
11/2023 6,644 1,294 174
10/2023 10,302 1,258 185
09/2023 11,194 1,273 188
08/2023 13,599 1,335 173
07/2023 13,881 1,372 191
06/2023 10,608 1,277 192
05/2023 9,767 1,177 188
04/2023 8,454 1,170 174
03/2023 6,668 1,271 170
02/2023 5,364 1,242 164
01/2023 5,217 1,262 149
12/2022 5,239 1,269 146
11/2022 5,382 1,242 167
10/2022 8,311 1,158 168
09/2022 9,148 1,178 170
08/2022 11,282 1,275 163
07/2022 11,902 1,309 169
06/2022 9,026 1,204 174
05/2022 8,047 1,151 176
04/2022 6,910 1,132 155
03/2022 5,077 1,257 157
02/2022 3,775 1,187 137
01/2022 3,040 1,215 124
12/2021 3,537 1,200 126
11/2021 3,762 1,119 142
10/2021 5,606 1,089 140
09/2021 5,051 1,074 138
08/2021 5,907 1,137 135
07/2021 5,229 1,189 145
06/2021 2,422 1,093 147
05/2021 1,396 1,024 141
04/2021 668 1,062 131
03/2021 544 1,107 131
02/2021 324 1,136 118
01/2021 457 1,044 106
12/2020 697 1,074 110
11/2020 482 1,055 124
10/2020 864 847 106
09/2020 964 847 107
08/2020 2,457 1,007 117
07/2020 2,458 997 124
06/2020 134 655 109
05/2020 0 0 0
04/2020 0 0 0
03/2020 2,174 1,088 154
02/2020 4,789 1,082 152
01/2020 4,767 1,153 145
12/2019 5,011 1,164 149
11/2019 5,063 1,088 161
10/2019 8,323 1,097 161
09/2019 9,617 1,087 152
08/2019 11,705 1,157 147
07/2019 11,942 1,209 160
06/2019 9,686 1,096 164
05/2019 8,138 1,028 164
04/2019 7,056 987 154
03/2019 6,035 1,068 151
02/2019 4,659 1,063 148
01/2019 4,679 1,115 139
12/2018 5,010 1,150 137
11/2018 4,889 1,078 154
10/2018 8,165 1,067 151
09/2018 9,546 1,069 147
08/2018 11,460 1,126 139
07/2018 11,748 1,172 152
06/2018 9,371 1,095 151
05/2018 8,155 1,009 149
04/2018 6,622 977 144
03/2018 5,727 1,062 142
02/2018 4,536 1,075 141
01/2018 4,524 1,102 132
12/2017 4,531 1,138 127
11/2017 4,642 1,057 138
10/2017 7,789 1,071 143
09/2017 9,476 1,067 143
08/2017 11,340 1,091 126
07/2017 11,851 1,129 139
06/2017 8,988 1,066 143
05/2017 7,927 991 145
04/2017 6,782 958 139
03/2017 5,109 1,040 141
02/2017 4,305 1,045 132
01/2017 4,263 1,091 129
12/2016 4,525 1,134 124
11/2016 4,205 1,026 138
10/2016 7,334 1,027 136
09/2016 8,399 1,059 135
08/2016 10,282 1,025 117
07/2016 10,239 1,073 131
06/2016 7,817 1,035 136
05/2016 6,918 973 142
04/2016 5,628 925 130
03/2016 4,624 999 131
02/2016 3,706 1,007 129
01/2016 3,737 1,060 122
Source: INE. Tourist Expenditure Survey.
Note: Between 14 March and 21 June 2020, it is in force the Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, which declares the state of alarm for the management of the health crisis situation caused by Covid-19.
(p) Provisional data.

Last update: April 2, 2024. Next update: May 3, 2024 Calendari

Methodological note

Foreign Tourism Expenditure in Catalonia is a data exploitation process carried out 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 know, on a monthly basis, the total expenditure, the average expenditure per person and the average daily expenditure per person of foreign tourists whose final destination is Catalonia.

Said declared expenditure includes transportation, accommodation, restaurants, foodstuff, activities and other expenses.

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 that the data will not be entirely comparable to previous series.

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

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