A record number of visitors to Spain

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Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism Spain 23/9 said foreign tourists to the "Land of Gaur" in August rose 7.1% from the same period last year, reaching 8.3 million visitors, breaking the record for the second consecutive monthly increase since 1995.

In July, about 7.8 million tourists visited Spain.


Beauty attracted tourists in Spain (Source: Internet)

The number of visitors to Spain soared in August with the main contributions of the three "giants" Europe is the UK (2 million passengers), France (1.8 million) and Germany (1.2 million) .
Besides, the situation of ongoing violence in some tourist destinations are the preferred medium such as Egypt and Turkey also made ​​many tourists are afraid and they look to Spain as an alternative world. 

In Spain, Catalonia region in the northeast with the blue seas and dense Barcelona's cultural heritage is the most attractive location for foreign visitors with 2.3 million people visited and resorts.
No worse than the attractiveness of the Balearic Islands with 2.1 million visitors Islands and Andalusia in the south region with 1.1 million visitors. 

While the Spanish economy are setbacks for recession with unemployment rates of over 26%, the industry "smokeless" has become an important source of revenue contributed 11% to the GDP of the country. 

According to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Spain has become the country to welcome tourists third largest global level with China, after the United States and France. As of the first eight months of this year, there were 42.3 million foreign tourists to Spain, 4.5% higher than the same period last year.

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