4.6% Rise in Tourism 2012

ALMOST 2.8 MILLION FOREGIN TOURISTS CAME TO SPAIN LAST MONTH, A 4.6% INCREASE ON JANUARY 2011.

These latest figures show an increase of 122,000 foreign visitors in January 2012 compared with January 2011, this suggests that the upward trend set last year is set to continue.

Tourism figures went up by 7.6% last year, reaching a total of 56.7 million foreign visitors in one year.

The UK, which accounted for 19.1% of all the foreign tourists that came to Spain in January, continues to be the most important source market.

The Canary Islands continue to benefit most from the tourism redirected from troubled countries like Tunisia and Egypt, with 33.7% of all foreign tourism.

Catalunya saw an 8.2% rise in tourism with 22.3% of foreign tourists. Visitors from the Netherlands and France proved popular in the region.

In Contrast, Andalucía  saw its tourism figures drop by 10%, with 33,255 fewer tourists.