The number of passengers flying to or from Barcelona Airport went down significantly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, Spain's second largest city saw a decrease of 33.8 million air passengers in comparison to 2019.
Barcelona is not only visited by tourists
Most of the people that traveled to Barcelona were there on vacation or similar leisure purposes according to the latest surveys. An important share of the visitors went to the Spanish city for other reasons: Just under 12 percent of the tourists in the Catalan city arrived for business reasons.
Barcelona and Spain are popular destinations
It is no secret that millions of tourists travel to the popular and vibrant Barcelona every year. Spain is also one of Europe’s favorite holiday destinations – France, the United Kingdom, and Germany appeared in the leading positions in terms of the largest number of international visitors to Spain by country of residence, as confirms the most recent data. Spain ranked second on the World Tourism Organization’s list of most visited countries in the world, with its number of international visitors amounting to 83.5 million in 2019.
Passenger traffic at Barcelona Airport from 2006 to 2021
(in millions)
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Ministerio de Fomento (España). (January 31, 2022). Passenger traffic at Barcelona Airport from 2006 to 2021 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 20, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/457456/passenger-traffic-at-barcelona-airport/
Ministerio de Fomento (España). "Passenger traffic at Barcelona Airport from 2006 to 2021 (in millions)." Chart. January 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed May 20, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/457456/passenger-traffic-at-barcelona-airport/
Ministerio de Fomento (España). (2022). Passenger traffic at Barcelona Airport from 2006 to 2021 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 20, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/457456/passenger-traffic-at-barcelona-airport/
Ministerio de Fomento (España). "Passenger Traffic at Barcelona Airport from 2006 to 2021 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Jan 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/457456/passenger-traffic-at-barcelona-airport/
Ministerio de Fomento (España), Passenger traffic at Barcelona Airport from 2006 to 2021 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/457456/passenger-traffic-at-barcelona-airport/ (last visited May 20, 2022)