21-12-2023
Tourism in Madrid, Málaga, Vigo and Puente Genil this Christmas Christmas lights are one of the major commercial attractions in cities during the festive season and particular cities are worth special mention on account of the investments they make, the promotion of their lights and their creativity. Taking data from the experimental statistics for measuring tourism through mobile phones from the National Statistics Institute, we have taken a look at their possible effect on tourism in four of these cities ...
14-12-2023
Which is the more visited destinations in Christmas? 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. What is the favorite destination for Christmas in Spain? INE statistics give us clues to identify the most ...
02-11-2023
This award recognises its data governance model and the promotion of data sharing and reuse in the tourism sector The National Congress of Innovation and Public Services (CNIS) honours solutions, experiences or good practices in the public sector in innovation. In 2023, it has recognised Segittur's contribution to the development of data culture in tourism with the award for "Best Comprehensive Data Strategy". The stretegy of transforming data into a beacon for decision making The main objective of Segittur's Smart ...
07-09-2023
International tourists who travel to Spain for studies: where they go, where they come from and when they travel 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 trips are those with the longest average ...
16-08-2023
Crime Data: Security and Transparency of Tourist Destinations in Spain 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 of the lowest rates of theft, which is relevant to the tourist environment. This is without ...
11-07-2023
Maturity of open data in the European Union: where is Spain? 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 analyses it based on four aspects: policies, website, impact and data quality. Spain particularly excels ...
14-06-2023
Analysis of tourist flows last summer in tourist hotspots 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 of sun and beaches places a number of Mediterranean provinces among the most visited: Alicante, Malaga and ...
31-05-2023
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, based on trips made by residents in the same province of origin made for non-regular activities between 31 March and 9 April 2023. MADRID – Heading ...