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international TOURISTS to ANDALUCIA
Foreign Tourists or International Tourism
In 2019 Andalucia received 12.1 million international tourists. 3.4% up on 2018. There has been consistent growth from 2010 to 2019. International tourists means country of residence not Spain and whose main visit in Spain is to Andalucia.
These figures would place Andalucia (if a country) about 25th in a world league of foreign tourist arrivals.
In 2020 Andalucia received 2.7 million tourists. January and February were up about 3% on 2019 but after mid-March the borders were either closed or complicated for tourists to arrive due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The total international tourist spend is an average holiday spend per tourist of 1,067 euro and with an average stay of 11 nights this is an average daily spend of 97 euro.
This holiday spending is generally broken down into about 20% on transport, 25% on accommodation, 15% in a package holiday, 15% in restaurants or food and 20% in excursions.
Those staying in hotels averaged 8 nights whilst those not in hotels averaged 16 nights. The principal arrival was via an airport at 80% and by road 8%.
A minority of foreign tourists now arrive as part of a package holiday as 80% travel independently.
There is very much a high season as 3.2 million or 37% arrive in July, August or September.
Main reason for coming to Andalucia according to a survey are:
- Climate 26%
- Beach 15%
- Cultural 17%
- Monuments 11%
- Visit Family 8%
- Price 5%
- Nature 5%
- Golf 3%
- Ski 1%
- Other reasons 10%
International TOURISTS in ANDALUCIA - BY YEAR
In the table and the graph below we see the increase in international (ie non Spanish) tourist arrivals in Andalucia from the year 2000 to 2007 and then the fall to 2010 with a rise to 2019.
| Year | Number |
|---|---|
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2000
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6,991,973
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2001
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7,591,511
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2002
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7,686,167
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2003
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7,908,400
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2004
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7,943,253
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2005
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8,351,628
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2006
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7,975,629
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2007
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8,429,556
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2008
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7,975,202
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2009
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7,465,415
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2010
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7,437,435
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2011
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7,884,875
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2012
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7,577,651
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2013
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7,871,110
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| 2014 | 8,501,990 |
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2015
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9,365,233
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| 2016 | 10,570,898 |
| 2017 | 11,520,000 |
| 2018 | 11,680,000 |
| 2019 | 12,023,153 |
| 2020 | 2,700,613 |
| 2021 | 4,300,000 (est) |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica. Movimentos turisticas en frontera. Frontur
International Tourists to Andalucia - by month
| Month | Int Tourists 2019 | Int Tourists 2020 | Int Tourists 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 574,761 | 605,491 | 49,716 |
| February | 626,983 | 626,653 | 28,661 |
| March | 842,934 | 298,332 | 51,087 |
| April | 1,131,483 | 0 | 83,460 |
| May | 1,204,749 | 0 | 166,330 |
| June | 1,243,394 | 13,997 | 296,044 |
| July | 1,256,656 | 359,754 | 554,924 |
| August | 1,403,702 | 363,850 | 698,992 |
| September | 1,375,342 | 179,190 | 687,383 |
| October | 1,191,120 | 143,610 | 811,537 |
| November | 614,169 | 49,175 | 485,504 |
| December | 557,861 | 60.600 | |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica. Movimentos turisticas en frontera. Frontur
British Tourists to Andalucia - by month
| Month | British Tourists 2019 | British Tourists 2020 | British Tourists 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 122,322 | 112,897 | 6,335 |
| February | 150,208 | 153,590 | 1,475 |
| March | 229,738 | 82,073 | 4,855 |
| April | 296,588 | 0 | 3,930 |
| May | 356,600 | 0 | 14,375 |
| June | 312,606 | 0 | 26,596 |
| July | 326,841 | 76,069 | 70,486 |
| August | 327,039 | 65,904 | 116,116 |
| September | 331,482 | 41,809 | 143,305 |
| October | 291,640 | 31,883 | 169,487 |
| November | 138,247 | 8,959 | |
| December | 129,537 | 7,676 | |
| Total | 3,012,848 | 580,860 | 556,960 (J to O) |
Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica. Movimentos turisticas en frontera. Frontur data
International Tourists to Andalucia - by country
In the table below, for 2011 and 2010 and 2009, we show the international tourists in Andalucia by their country or region of residence.
| Country | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|
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UK |
2,485,000 |
2,280,000 |
2.585.000 |
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France |
1,014,000 |
897,000 |
923,000 |
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Germany |
836,000 |
859,000 |
761.000 |
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Scandanavia |
564,000 |
547,000 |
476.000 |
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Ireland |
269,000 |
334,000 |
403.000 |
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Rest of Europe |
2,002,000 |
1,813,000 |
1.605.000 |
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Rest of World |
711,000 |
707,000 |
603.000 |
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Total |
7,885,000 |
7,437,000 |
7.359.000 |
Source: Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica. Frontur.
Tourist visits to towns in Andalucia
Tourist visits to towns in Andalucia are measuread by INE from hotel occupation records. They don't reflect when a town receives day trip visits only overnight stays. A tourist staying serveral nights is counted once however a tourist changing hotel will be counted twice.
| Town (2019) | International Tourists | Spanish Residents |
| Almería | 87,161 | 237,107 |
| Mojácar | 46,902 | 194,636 |
| Níjar | 16,616 | 66,556 |
| Roquetas de Mar | 133,337 | 439,087 |
| Algeciras | 129,688 | 117,489 |
| Arcos de la Frontera | 17,754 | 39,855 |
| Cádiz | 115,828 | 148,695 |
| Jerez de la Frontera | 115,782 | 199,941 |
| Puerto de Santa María, El | 39,151 | 167,615 |
| Tarifa | 79,172 | 89,282 |
| Córdoba | 449,314 | 521,672 |
| Granada | 1,100,048 | 901,413 |
| Cazorla | 3,412 | 40,923 |
| Antequera | 49,053 | 96,701 |
| Benalmádena | 372,233 | 237,921 |
| Estepona | 206,683 | 113,673 |
| Fuengirola | 320,786 | 189,737 |
| Málaga | 873,932 | 539,295 |
| Marbella | 553,379 | 208,082 |
| Nerja | 142,738 | 83,137 |
| Ronda | 163,478 | 98,650 |
| Torremolinos | 630,216 | 397,859 |
| Sevilla | 1,630,446 | 1,180,906 |
Source: Source: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica.