The average spending per trip for this sort of tourist is more than four times the general rate, due to an average stay of almost 50 days. Catalonia, Andalusia and the Region of Valencia are the regions that receive the most "student tourists": approximately one out of every five arriving in Spain. Study abroad...
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Spain is a safe country, as can be seen from the data collected by law enforcement agencies and compared with Eurostat figures. You can consult Dataestur's "Citizen Safety" scorecard with data from the Crime Statistics System and Eurostat. Spain outperforms most countries in many categories of European safety statistics. For example, it has one...
Spain is among the pioneers and trend setters in open data according to the latest report from the European Commission Maturity in data sharing is assessed based on analysis of a country's public policies, open data website, impact and data quality The European Commission has published its 2022 report on Open Data Maturity and...
The Balearic Islands are the main summer tourist destination in Spain according to 2022 data, based on the total number of tourists, irrespective of their domestic or international origin. They are followed by Madrid and Barcelona, which continue to be top summer destinations, with their provinces attracting more than five million tourists. The season...
We analyzed the distribution of trips from Madrid, Barcelona and Seville1 during Easter Week based on data from the basic mobility studies carried out by the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA) while relying on Big Data2. We identified the main destinations in each case and which days saw the most travellers,...
The aim of this post and its first part is to help you understand some of the most common technical terms that frequently appear in the field of data science. Terms included in the 2nd part: Federated data; GIS (Geographic Information System); insights; interoperability; IoT; KPIs; machine learning; metaverse; NFC; UNE standards; use cases; Query...
The aim of this post and its second part is to help you understand some of the most common technical terms that frequently appear in the field of data science. Artificial intelligence; API; beacons; big data; blockchain; business intelligence; csv; data anonymization; data dictionary; data governance; data horizontality; data lake; data mining; data model;...
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...
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