TOURISM CONTINUES TO BE THE ENGINE OF THE SPANISH ECONOMY IN 2023

Andrew J. Wein -
According to a report by Exceltur, tourism's weight in Spain's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will reach 12.6% of the total, the same as the 2019 figure. The report also notes that the tourism sector wi ...

WINTER SEASON: HOTEL BOOKINGS IN SPAIN EXCEED 2019 LEVELS

Kevin Eagan -
Hotel bookings this winter in Spain are 107.56% higher than in 2019 for the first time since the start of the pandemic, according to data from SiteMinder's World Hotel Index. ...

17 MILLION TOURISTS EXPECTED THIS SUMMER IN SPAIN

Theodore Slate -
Fernando Valdés, the Spanish Secretary of State for Tourism, expects 16.9 million international arrivals in Spain this summer, just 45% of those who arrived in the same period of 2019, but 2.7 times m ...

CRUISE SECTOR IN SPAIN GROWS AGAIN GETTING CLOSER TO 2019 LEVELS

Nik Fes -
The capacity of the cruise sector in Spain could reach the levels of 2019, a year in which its turnover was close to 6 billion euros, contributing 2.8 billion euros to the national GDP, according to t ...

WHERE IN THE EU DOES THE TOURISM SECTOR CONTRIBUTE THE MOST TO GVA?

Ashley Nault -
In 2019, the last year before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the tourism sector hard, the Gross Value Added (GVA) generated directly by the sector amounted to around €572 billion, or 5% of the total Gross ...