RECREATION : TRAVEL
List: Top Ten Countries of Origin of Tourists to Spain
Date: July 2010
Source: INE - Spanish National Statistics Institute
Base: All tourist visitors to Spain recorded as entering the country during the month of July 2010
Notes: The INE recorded a total of 6,979,896 tourists in July 2010, which represented a 4.5 per cent increase over the same period in 2009. 73 per cent of the 2010 total arrived by plane. The province of Catalunia was the most popular region for visitors (26.6 per cent of the total), followed by the Balearic Islands (24.4 per cent) and then Andalucia (13.3 per cent).
Rank
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Country of Origin
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Per cent of Total
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1
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United Kingdom
|
23.5
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2
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France
|
18.4
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3
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Germany
|
15.3
|
4
|
Nordic Countries
|
6.3
|
5
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Italy
|
5.5
|
6
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The Netherlands
|
4.9
|
7
|
Belgium
|
3.8
|
8
|
Portugal
|
2.9
|
9
|
Ireland
|
2.5
|
10
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Switzerland
|
2.4
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