Foreign tourism to Spain surges in July from a year ago, still below 2019 levels

The number of foreign tourists visiting Spain jumped to 4.4 million in July, 78.3% more than a year earlier when global travel restrictions slowed international tourism to a near halt, official statistics showed on Wednesday.

Tourists spent a total of 5.23 billion euros ($6.18 billion)in the country, up from around 2.45 billion euros in July 2020 but still lower than the 9.73 billion euros spent in July 2019 when some 11.9 million people visited Spain.

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