Restaurants, Food and Beverages, Transport and Accommodation are the main spending categories of travellers at destination Consumption by foreigners in Spain is steadily increasing well above the spending of domestic travellers. Datastur's latest source of information to calculate tourist expenditures are the figures for tourists' payments and transactions at Spanish destinations. A scorecard collects...
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The tool can be used to compare the indicators of the hospitality industry with all other services sector activities or with the total economy figures for a given period In 2024, profits in the hospitality and restaurant industry grew well above the rest of the economy, thanks to the boost in activity The new...
In the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands, 1 in 4 companies are dedicated to tourism The hospitality sector accounts for 40% of tourism-related businesses and 60% of the tourism workforce 50% of tourism companies have between 1 and 9 employees, accounting for more than 96% alongside businesses without employees Tourism's contribution to the...
Check the update dates of each source Receive the weekly newsletter in your email to stay informed The Smart Tourism System offers the information available for municipalities Dataestur offers four useful access points for tourism data for Spain. The website offers dashboards to analyse information on travel and leisure, the economy in tourism, transport,...
The first quarter could see a 10% increase in international arrivals compared to 2024 Spain, an omnipresent destination in forecasts and trends for 2025 Spain is expected to receive more international tourists in 2025 than in 2024, and Spaniards will take a slightly higher number of trips. At least for the first part of...
Madrid, with an increase of more than 30% in the last year, is almost at 19,000 tourist-use housing units, twice as much as the number in Barcelona. Alicante leads the provincial ranking with the most new tourist-use housing units (around 6,500), followed by Madrid and Malaga, with an increase of 5,000 new tourist-use housing...
IMPORTANT: Check 2025 post here The Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands and the Principality of Asturias are the regions where tourism companies have the greatest representation. Dataestur shows tourism-focused information from the statistical usage of the Central Business Directory (DIRCE). The latest data published by the INE on DIRCE statistics shows that 20% of...
Cultural Tourism Boosting the Recovery of the Sector In 2022, the movement of national tourists was similar to the figures seen in 2019. Cultural tourism represented 11% of all journeys made. The figures for visitors and spending confirm that it was the year of the sector’s recovery. Destinations such as Asturias, Murcia or the...
Tackling a large-scale data job can be tricky. We review some key principles to consider for the entire process: 1. You don't have to invent the wheel. There is much progress and large investments made in the data economy. Researching previous work and promoting reuse and cooperation will help you reduce the financial and...