The number of international tourists who traveled to Spain in January 2018 increased by 5.2% compared to January 2017, according to data recently provided by the National Institute of Statistics (INE). In total, Spain received 4.1 million foreign tourists last January.
By autonomous communities, those that received a greater number of foreign tourists were Canary Islands (28.8% of the total), Catalonia (21%) and Andalusia (13.1%). Foreign tourism in the Canary Islands fell by 0.8%, while that in Catalonia increased by 2% and that in Andalusia grew by 3.4%. In the rest of the communities, growth was higher: Balearic Islands (11.4%), Valencian Community (11.3%) and Madrid (8.3%).
By countries of origin, the United Kingdom was the one that contributed the most tourists in January 2018, with a total of 799,475 travelers. This represents 19.5% of the total and a slight increase of 0.2% compared to January of last year.
The next countries on the list —which can be seen in the graph below— are Germany, with 502,298 tourists and an increase of 4.2%, and France, which contributed 491,551 travelers (a 5.8% increase). Tourists arriving in January from the United States increased by 21.2%.