international TOURISTS in ANDALUCIA
Foreign Tourists or International Tourism
In 2016 Andalucia received 10.6 million international tourists. 12% up on 2015, which was 10% up on 2014, which was 8% up on 2013, which was 3% up on 2012. (International tourists means country of residence not Spain and whose main visit is to Andalucia).
2016 was 30% up on the 15 year average since 2000. There has been an increase since the lowest year which was 2010 with 7.4 million. These figures would place Andalucia (if a country) about 25th in a world league of foreign tourist arrivals.
The total international tourist spend in 2013 was 8.4 billion euro with 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 79.8% travel independently in 2010.
There is very much a high season as 3.2 (2,8) million or 37% (37%) arrive in July, August or September in 2014 (2012) 2014 showed a tendency for this seasonality to be increasing.
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 pick rise to date.
|
Year
|
Number
|
|
2000
|
6,991,973
|
|
2001
|
7,591,511
|
|
2002
|
7,686,167
|
|
2003
|
7,908,400
|
|
2004
|
7,943,253
|
|
2005
|
8,351,628
|
|
2006
|
7,975,629
|
|
2007
|
8,429,556
|
|
2008
|
7,975,202
|
|
2009
|
7,465,415
|
|
2010
|
7,437,435
|
|
2011
|
7,884,875
|
|
2012
|
7,577,651
|
|
2013
|
7,871,110
|
| 2014 | 8,501,990 |
|
2015
|
9,365,233
|
| 2016 | 10,570,898 |
Source: Instituto de Estudios Turísticos (IET). Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio.
international TOURISTS in ANDALUCIA - by MONTH
A chart of the foreign tourists to Andalucia from 2000 to 2015 by month can be downloaded here.
Source data can be found here and here from the website of the Instituto de Estudios Turísticos (IET). Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio and the INE
international TOURISTS in ANDALUCIA - Type of accommodation
In the table and below we present the type of accommodation chosen by the international tourists to Andalucia in 2010 and the variation on 2009.|
Accommodation Type |
Numbers 2010 |
Variation 2009 |
|
Hotels etc |
3,777,000 |
+10.4% |
|
Own home |
837,000 |
-15.8% |
|
Family or friends home |
1,412,000 |
-1.0% |
|
Rental Accommodation |
795,000 |
-21.7% |
|
Other |
597,000 |
-77.9% |
|
Non specified |
20,000 |
+0,3% |
|
Total |
7.437 |
-0,4% |
Source: IET. Movimientos Turísticos en Fronteras (Frontur).
international TOURISTS in ANDALUCIA - Spend and stay
In the table below for the years since 2004. We present the average length of stay of the international tourist in Andalucia, his/her average spend per day and per holiday. the final column is the total monetry value to Andalucia of the international tourist. These are actual numbers and do not make any allowance for for inflation.|
Year
|
Average stay
|
Average Spend per Day - euro
|
Average spend
per holiday - euro |
Total value m euro
|
|
2004
|
11
|
84
|
942
|
6,813
|
|
2005
|
11
|
83
|
924
|
6,775
|
|
2006
|
11
|
82
|
947
|
7,082
|
|
2007
|
12
|
82
|
965
|
8,134
|
|
2008
|
12
|
84
|
986
|
7,863
|
|
2009
|
12
|
82
|
993
|
7,416
|
|
2010
|
12
|
90
|
1052
|
7,820
|
|
2011
|
11 | 92 | 1014 |
7,912
|
|
2012
|
11 | 92 | 1022 |
7,749
|
| 2013 | 11 | 97 | 1067 | 8,398 |
| 2014 | 11 | 94 | 1038 est | 9,100 est |
Source: IET - EGATUR.
international TOURISTS in 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 |
|
UK |
2,485,000 |
2,280,000 |
2.585.000 |
|
France |
1,014,000 |
897,000 |
923,000 |
|
Germany |
836,000 |
859,000 |
761.000 |
|
Scandanavia |
564,000 |
547,000 |
476.000 |
|
Ireland |
269,000 |
334,000 |
403.000 |
|
Rest of Europe |
2,002,000 |
1,813,000 |
1.605.000 |
|
Rest of World |
711,000 |
707,000 |
603.000 |
|
Total |
7,885,000 |
7,437,000 |
7.359.000 |
Source: Instituto de Estudios Turísticos (IET). Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio
international TOURISTS in ANDALUCIA - by countrY & spend
In the table below for 2010 we show the international tourists in Andalucia by their country or region of residence and their different average holiday spend in euro with variation on 2009. This spend is also presented on a per day basis
|
Country |
Holiday spend & variation on 2009 |
Spend per day & variation on 2009 |
|
Scandanavia |
1,051 euro + 5.9 % |
89.7 euro + 9.9 % |
|
Germany |
1,191euro + 4.4 % |
92.4 euro + 8.5 % |
|
Italy |
936 euro - 7.2 % |
86.3 euro - 4.4 % |
|
UK |
892 euro + 7.0 % |
83.7 euro + 14.5 % |
|
France |
793 euro - 0.2 % |
86 euro + 3.9 % |
Source: Instituto de Estudios Turísticos (IET). Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio
SPANISH TOURISTS OR NATIONAL TOURISM IN ANDALUCIA
In 2009 the Spanish made 171 million tourist trips of which 158 million were to destinations within Spain and 13 million to other countries. In 2009 we record that 81% of the Andalucian tourists (i.e. tourists resident in Andalucia) travelled to a destination within the Andalucia Region and 19% to another region of Spain. This suggests that about 4m tourist trips were made to other regions of Spain.