After Spain experienced an annual drop of over 70 percent in the number of international tourists and excursionists in 2020, this figure went up by more than 40 percent in the following year. In comparison to 2000, the 36.5 million foreign visitors recorded in 2021 represented a decline of roughly 30 percent. Spain was the world's second most popular international destination at the end of the past decade.
Number of international visitors in Spain from 2000 to 2021
(in millions)
*Provisional figure.
Data prior to 2015 was provided by Turespaña through its publication "Estadística de movimientos turísticos en frontera (FRONTUR)".
Numbers were rounded.
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INE (Spain). (February 2, 2022). Number of international visitors in Spain from 2000 to 2021 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 29, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/446278/annual-foreign-visitors-to-spain/
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