Madrid is the destination par excellence, especially thanks to domestic tourism. The Canary Islands are the preferred destination for international tourists during the Christmas season, with municipalities that concentrate a large number of arrivals. Together, Andalusia and Catalonia are the autonomous regions with the most tourists due to strong internal tourism in both regions....
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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...
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...
Data spaces are environments for the voluntary and secure exchange of data. They will be the basis for sharing data resulting from the interaction between tourist, destination and tourism company. Segittur and Turium have presented the report "Spain and the challenge of tourism data spaces", which delves into the value of data spaces for...
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...
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,...