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In this post, we tell you how SEGITTUR has developed a methodology to create a sentiment-based index that measures the general opinion of travellers about tourism in Spain. Building an index to measure tourism results An index is an indicator that helps us to assess how a specific area performs over time. It makes it easier to generate comparisons between different elements or of the same element periodically. For the proposed use case, the index aims to measure travellers' satisfaction ...

A web survey defines the main use of the available data, the most common users and their needs The web is used primarily for actions aimed at developing tourist activities and improving competitiveness. Market research and analysis stand out as major uses of data. The most frequent type of user is from the academic sector and the agents of the tourism sector are divided in a very similar way between the public administration and the private sector (around 25% in ...

Check out the main origins of foreign tourists and the provincial connections of domestic tourism in Spain during the months of July, August and September The Balearic Islands stand out as a destination for international tourists and in the summer months there is practically one tourist for every two residents.  International tourism is concentrated in a few destinations and five provinces account for more than half of arrivals: Balearic Islands, Barcelona, Malaga, Girona and Alicante. Domestic tourism is mainly distributed ...

Discover how to use the API to download files and connect to the API to perform automatic updates Dataestur's API service offers three free access solutions for monitoring tourism data: Downloading the data that make up the analytical dashboards. These are xlsx files for enhanced and easier processing with any basic office automation tool. You will have access to the historical data that is part of Dataestur. Connection via the URL to automatically download and update any data of interest from, for ...

The year started off with a third consecutive quarter showing better figures than in 2019 Recovery took effect in 2023 and accelerated in the first quarter of 2024, with an increase of around 15% in tourism arrivals. 90% of international tourism continues to be concentrated in six autonomous communities, but dependence on the three major European markets has dropped: United Kingdom, France and Germany. 2023 relaunched tourism from the American continent – especially from the United States. The start of ...

A look at the impact on the arrival of tourists to attend the Jerez Motorcycle Grand Prix Exploring the approaches to mobility studies using Big Data from the Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda (MITMA). When a Motorcycle Grand Prix is held, the number of visitors to a region multiplies significantly and sees the arrival of high-income tourists, based on data in relation to the 2023 edition. We looked at the different options available on the MITMA website in ...

A record year that reached 12 million cruise passengers in Spain Cruise passenger traffic increases by 46% during 2022, with Andalusia (62%) and Catalonia (52%) standing out above the average. The figures exceed pre-pandemic levels by 12%. The Region of Valencia stands out as the one that improves the 2019 figures by far (95%) and the Balearic Islands is the only major recipient of cruise ship traffic that is yet to recover to the pre-pandemic figures. According to the latest ...

Maps as facilitators of data understanding Maps enable us to get the general picture at a glance in a way that is impossible with large tables of data. Check out the data maps available at Dataestur, with information about housing for tourism, employment and sustainability. Spatial representation of data is possible through the combination of variables with geographical references. This transforms maps into the ideal containers for information on geographic context and to facilitate analysis and understanding. The data associated ...