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Foreign tourists (annual series 2001-2015). Reason and characteristics of the trip

Foreign tourists (annual series 2001-2015). Reason and characteristics of the trip
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Foreign tourists (annual series 2001-2015). Reason and characteristics of the trip Catalonia. 2015
Value Variation (%)
Foreign tourists arrivals 19,260.6 5.2
Reason
Leisure/Holiday 15,596.9 2.2
Professional reasons 2,049.0 22.6
Personal (family, health and purchases) 848.9 38.8
Others 765.9 0.1
Ways to organize the trip
Direct 16,185.5 7.7
Agency and others 3,075.2 -6.5
Transport
Car 4,997.6 4.6
Bus 746.0 -5.0
Plane 12,887.2 6.0
Train 269.4 8.3
Others 360.4 4.8
Types of accommodation
Hotel 10,726.4 3.3
Not hotel 8,534.2 7.6
Units: Thousands.
Source: Idescat, based on data from the survey Frontur by the Instituto de Estudios Turísticos (IET).
Notes:
- It considers information of trips of foreign tourists whose main or secondary destination is Catalonia.
- From January 2014 the IET incorporates cruise travellers and high-speed train journeys into the calculation of data.

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