Andalucía Tourism Figures Grow 15% in
January
According to the latest data from the Spanish National
Statistics Institute (INE), the number of overseas visitors heading to Andalucía – which, along with Malaga, comprises the provinces of Huelva, Cádiz,
Sevilla, Jaén, Granada, Córoba, and Almeria – was up by a massive 15% in
January of this year compared to the same period in 2016, while there was also
an 11% increase in visits from Spanish nationals.
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Of all the 17 autonomous communities of Spain, Andalucía saw
the largest increase by far, with a 7.7% increase in the Canary Islands, and a
slight decrease of 1.8% for Catalonia. Andalucía welcomed over 13% of the 3.9million holidaymakers entering Spain from overseas in January. The Brits were
the bulk of these tourists, with 25.2% of all tourists (521,116 visitors)
coming from Britain, while 9.7% of the tourists were from Scandinavia.
As record-breaking as 2016 was, tourism professionals are
confident that these numbers prove 2017 will be another landmark year for the
country.
