{"id":122424,"date":"2017-01-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-30T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/spain-visited-by-over-75-million-foreign-tourists-in-2016\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T14:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T12:26:36","slug":"spain-visited-by-over-75-million-foreign-tourists-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/spain-visited-by-over-75-million-foreign-tourists-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Spain visited by over 75 million foreign tourists in 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In 2016, Spain was visited by a record number of foreign tourists &#8211; 75.6 million tourists, 10.3% more than the previous year and exceeding Government estimates, according to data published on January 31 by the National Institute of Statistics.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The main country of origin for tourists was &nbsp;the United Kingdom with 17.8 million tourists, an increase of 12.4%, followed by France, with 11.4 million, an increase of 7.1%, and Germany, with 11.2 million, an increase of 6.4%.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The growth recorded by Spain as a tourist destination was due to the political and security situation in countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, or Turkey, its main competitors, especially during the summer season.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Tourism is one of the main sources of income for the Spanish economy and represents over 11% of the national GDP.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.economica.net\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Economica<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>How many tourists visited Spain in 2016?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Spain recorded a record number of 75.6 million foreign tourists in 2016, a 10.3% increase compared to the previous year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which countries were the main sources of tourists for Spain?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The United Kingdom was the leading source with 17.8 million tourists, followed by France (11.4 million) and Germany (11.2 million).<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the economic importance of tourism for Spain?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tourism is a primary source of income for the Spanish economy, accounting for more than 11% of the national GDP.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2016, Spain was visited by a record number of foreign tourists &#8211; 75.6 million tourists, 10.3% more than the previous year and exceeding Government estimates, according to data published on January 31 by the National Institute of Statistics. The main country of origin for tourists was &nbsp;the United Kingdom with 17.8 million tourists, an&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66500,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2858],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-122424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tourism"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/turism-2.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=122424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122424\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=122424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=122424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=122424"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=122424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}