Tourists surge to Spain in record-breaking numbers

26 September 2011 12:03

Spain’s tourist numbers in Spain broke the all-time record in August, with 7.64 million foreign visitors entering according to a FRONTUR survey.

The figure represented a 9.4% increase on August 2010’s figures.

So far this year Spain has seen 40 million tourists, another 7.8% over last year’s figures.

Ignacio Osle, sales and marketing manager for housing developer Taylor Wimpey Espana, said: "Despite difficult economic conditions across mainland Europe, Spain is one of the most resilient holiday destinations, remaining popular with foreigners whatever the market conditions.”

“Recently, the IMF stated that Spain will be the only country that will experience higher levels of growth next year compared to its European counterparts of France, Italy and Greece.”

“Spain has a global appeal as a tourist destination; we have even seen 53,000 tourists arrive from India in the first half of this year, representing a 35% increase.”

"Spain is recovering well especially with the help of the country's overall tourism drive and low cost airlines like easyJet increasing the number of flights it operates from the Netherlands