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Andalucia

Andalucia recieves 14% of the 50 million foreigners that visit Spain.each year.
Andalucia recieves 7.1 million foreign tourists a year.
They stay on average 9 nights in Andalucia

• 66% stay in Hotels
• 17% stay in free accommodation (a high percentage in comparison to other regions)
• 9% stay in hired accommodation

Andalucia received 20.6 million visitors in 2001
(Andalucia received 16.6 million visitors in 1997)
July and August are the peak months with about 2.3m visitors each month.
Tourist income was 13 billion euros in 2001.
Tourism is the true motor of the Andalucian economy and principal generator of employment. 220.000 people are directly employed in the tourist sector.
The regional tourist board's annual budget is 35 million euros.

• 66 % of visitors to Andalucia are from Spain
• 34 % are from outside Spain
• 13% are from United Kingdom
• 5% are from Germany.

Average stay in Andalucia is 12.6 days.
Average spend is 38 euros a day.

Main reason for coming to Andalucia according to one survey:

• Climate 26%
• Beach 15%
• Cultural 17%
• Monuments 11%
• Visit Family 8%
• Price 5%
• Nature 5%
• Golf 3%
• Ski 1%
• Other reasons 10%

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Costa del Sol

Receives about 8.5 million tourists a year.

• 40% are Spanish
• 31% are British
• 6% are German

• 56% arrive by car
• 35% arrive by airplane
• 5% arrive by bus
• 3% arrive by train

Average Age is 41 years old
58% men and 42% women
Average spend is 39 euros a day.

The Costa del Sol has 876 Hotels and Apartment complexes offering 115.000 places.
There are 15 million overnight stays a year.

The most popular single attraction is the Nerja Caves with 500,000 visitors a year.

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Spain

In 2002 Spain received 78.9 million foreign visitors a year and 51.7 million stayed overnight and were therefor clasified as a tourist. (3.4% increase over 2000)

In 2001 Spain received 75 million foreign visitors a year, (1.7% increase over 2000.) and 49.5 million stayed overnight and were therefor clasified as a tourist. (3.4% increase over 2000)

They stayed a total of 423 million nights. This earned Spain 32.9 billion $US in 2001

Following is a breakdown of their nationalities:

• UK - 14 million (a 6.2% increase over 2000)(2002=14.5m)
• Germany - 10.5 million (a 5.4% decrease over 2000)
• France - 6.7 million (a 17% increase over 2000)
• Italy - 2.2 million
• Holland - 2.2 million
• Belgium - 1.6 million
• Portugal - 1.4 million

Most of these international visitors (69%) stayed in 6 of Spain's Regions:

• Andalucia 14%
• Catalunia 10%
• Balearics 10%
• Canarias 10%
• Valencia 9%
• Madrid 6%

They travelled by different means:

• 71% arrived by air
• 23% arrived by road
• 5% arrived by sea
• 3% arrived by train

The Airports used as an entry point were:

• Palma 6.8 million
• Tenerife Sur 3.6 m
• Barcelona 3.6 m
• Madrid 3.5 m
• Malaga 3.5 m
• Gran Canaria 2.9 m
• Alicante 2.4 m
• Lanzarote 1.7 m
• Ibiza 1.4 m
• Menorca 0.9 m
• Others 3.4 m

Average stay was 11 nights

The reason for coming was:

• Vacation 85%
• Work/Study 8%
• Family 5%
• Other 2%

Jan to Sept 2001 Spaniards made 102 million tourist journeys requiring 520 million overnights. 38% of these were tourist travels and 62% short visits to a second residence.

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Spaniards on Holiday

The Spanish population is 40 million, Spaniards make 128 million trips each year making 594 million overnight stays.

• 36% travel as part of a tour
• 64% travel to a second residence.

• 9% travel abroad
• 91% travel within Spain.

Top Spanish destinations are:

• Andalucia 20%
• Valencia 13%
• Catalunia 13%
• Castilla-Leon 9%

Reason for travel

• Leisure 63 %
• Family 23 %
• Business 6%

Type of accommodation:

• Friends home 40%
• Own second home 12%
• Hotel 26%

Purchase a package holiday if travelling to a national destination. 7% Purchase a package holiday if travelling to a foreign destination. 33%

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World

International tourist arrivals. According to the data released in June 2002 by the Secretariat or the World Tourism Organisation, international tourist arrivals amounted to 693 million in 2001. 0.6% down compared to 2000 due to the weakening economies of major tourism generating markets and the impact of the terrorist attacks of September 11.

World's Top 10 tourist destinations in 2001 Source WTO.

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