Spain
Visitor characteristics
- Business visitors are more than three times more likely to be male than female
- 44% of spending came from holiday visits, 28% from visits to friends and/or relatives in 2017
- More than half of holiday visitors are making a repeat visit to Britain (excluding British expats)
- 99% of visitors from Spain are either ‘likely’ or ‘extremely likely’ to recommend Britain for a holiday or short-break
Popular activities
Visited a Pub
Visited Parks/ Gardens
Went Shopping
Global context
| Measure | 2017 |
|---|---|
| International tourism expenditure (US$bn) | 22.3 |
| Global rank for international tourism expenditure | 13 |
| Number of outbound visits (m) | 25.9 |
| Most visited destination | France |
Key demographic and economic data
| Measure | 2018 |
|---|---|
| Population (m) | 46.6 |
| GDP per capita PPP (US$) | 34,815 |
| Annual average GDP growth over past decade (%) | 0.4 |
| Annual average GDP growth in the past year (%) | 2.5 |
Resources
Spain Market Profile (PDF, 3.34MB)
Spain Market Snapshot (PDF, 1.23MB)
Spain Aviation Profile (PDF, 732KB)
More resources
Read about the preferences of Europeans towards tourism (PDF, 1.65MB, Published March 2015)
Find out where visitors from Spain to the UK reside in their own country (Excel, 1.72MB, Published 2015)
Read about the perceptions of the UK held by Spanish respondents (PDF, 449KB, Published March 2019)
Exchange rate
1 GBP = 1.1541 EUR
As of 17 April 2019
Retrieved from the Bank of England
