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Foreign tourists. By country of residence

Foreign tourists. By country of residence Catalonia. January, 2024 (p)
Year-over-year variation
Value % over total Absolute % month % accumulated
Total 958.7 100.0 161.6 20.3 20.3
Germany 53.5 5.6 -1.7 -3.1 -3.1
Belgium 19.5 2.0 2.1 12.0 12.0
France 157.2 16.4 12.5 8.7 8.7
Ireland 9.6 (*) Estimate with high variability 1.0 (*) Estimate with high variability -4.3 (*) Estimate with high variability -30.9 (*) Estimate with high variability -30.9 (*) Estimate with high variability
Italy 152.5 15.9 68.1 80.7 80.7
Netherlands 28.9 3.0 2.9 11.3 11.3
Nordic countries 23.2 2.4 5.0 27.8 27.8
Portugal 12.9 (*) Estimate with high variability 1.3 (*) Estimate with high variability -5.4 (*) Estimate with high variability -29.4 (*) Estimate with high variability -29.4 (*) Estimate with high variability
United Kingdom 49.8 5.2 -4.8 -8.7 -8.7
Russia 15.6 (*) Estimate with high variability 1.6 (*) Estimate with high variability 0.5 (*) Estimate with high variability 3.4 (*) Estimate with high variability 3.4 (*) Estimate with high variability
Switzerland 27.9 2.9 12.6 81.9 81.9
Rest of Europe 144.6 15.1 2.4 1.7 1.7
United States 61.3 6.4 11.7 23.7 23.7
Rest of America 79.7 8.3 13.1 19.7 19.7
Rest of the world 122.6 12.8 46.7 61.4 61.4
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.
(p) Provisional data.
(*) Estimate with high variability.
Foreign tourists. By country of residence Spain. January, 2024 (p)
Year-over-year variation
Value % over total Absolute % month % accumulated
Total 4,768.2 100.0 620.8 15.3 15.3
Germany 551.3 11.6 73.0 14.9 14.9
Belgium 155.4 3.3 19.3 14.3 14.3
France 571.8 12.0 86.7 18.0 18.0
Ireland 146.7 3.1 30.1 26.9 26.9
Italy 325.4 6.8 45.3 15.9 15.9
Netherlands 216.5 4.5 12.6 5.9 5.9
Nordic countries 370.6 7.8 26.4 8.0 8.0
Portugal 126.2 2.6 -17.1 -10.1 -10.1
United Kingdom 833.4 17.5 91.2 12.3 12.3
Russia .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available .. Confidential data, low reliability or not available
Switzerland 111.9 2.3 22.0 32.1 32.1
Rest of Europe 538.9 11.3 40.3 12.7 12.7
United States 172.9 3.6 33.2 23.7 23.7
Rest of America 354.9 7.4 67.1 23.8 23.8
Rest of the world 292.3 6.1 90.7 33.9 33.9
Units: Thousands.
Source: INE. Tourist Movement on Borders Survey.
Notes:
- From January 2022, Turkey is added to "Rest of Europe"
- From March 2022, Russia is added to "Rest of Europe"
(p) Provisional data.
(..) Confidential data, low reliability or not available.

Last update: March 4, 2024. Revised series on March 13, 2024. Next update: April 2, 2024 Calendari

Annual data

TUREST

These statistics have a specific section with all the information available: Statistics on Foreign Tourism (TUREST).

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.