Brits Spend Over €74 million a Day In
Spain During August
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| Tourist spending has been at an all time high. |
Brits really dug deep into their pockets during August;spending money on drinks, food, shopping, and hotels.
If people still doubted that British were vital to the
Spanish tourism industry then the recent statistics from the tourism ministry
will remove those doubts. The latest data shows that British tourists accounted
for 22.3% of the tourist spending in August.
This came to a grand total of €2.3 billion spent by Brits
throughout Spain during August, or €74.6 million each day. This works out at
around €116 per person, per day.
This data is a reflection of the strong tourism trends of
Spain in 2016. All the indications are that Spain will see record visitor
numbers in 2016. Though for the brits this is just a continuation of the
decades-old trend. It just shows that Spain is still deep in the hearts of many
UK holidaymakers.
The Spanish economy was boosted by an extra €334 million
each day thanks to the tourism in August. As well as Brits the French and
German tourists were spending their fair; making up roughly 14% of the tourism
spend for August.
Brits spent an overall 3.5% more this August compared to last
year, while German tourists spent around 0.2% more and French tourists spent a
whopping 9.1% more.
The only downside to the news was that average spending per
person was actually down a little compared to 2015. The average tourist spend
was €116 per person, which is down 1.9% compared to last year when compared
against the average time that people spent in the country.
Even though more people are coming to Spain they are
spending slightly less over last summer. This is really only a tiny negative
mark on what has otherwise been an incredibly positive Spanish summer season
though.
Regions across all of Spain are celebrating as most places
are reporting record highs in terms of tourism spending. Tourists have
currently spent €53.3 billion so far this year in Spain, which is 7.1% higher
than last year. A statistic to put everything into perspective is that Spanish
tourists spent more in the year leading up to August than they did in all of
2012, and there’s still four months of 2016 left.
The Brits still make up the bulk of the spending in the
first eight months of the year. Brits accounted for 21.1% of all spending; an
increase of 11.8% over 2015.
