Summer tourism has not been rotten for everyone. If Spain still receives far fewer foreign tourists than France (60.6 million against 83 million in 2013), it connects well, after a record 2013. "In August, nine million foreign tourists visited Spain," an increase of 8.8% compared to August 2013, making it "the best month" "ever recorded, according to the Ministry of Tourism.
The British are the first customers (10.6 million since the beginning of the year), but the French are the ones that have the highest growth (7.6 million, an annual increase of 10.4%) ahead of the Germans (7.1 million). Only the Russians were down (-5%) between fallout from the Ukrainian crisis and weakness of the ruble against the euro.
Spending up sharply
This Spanish success is confirmed in French tour operators when the country takes full advantage of the fall in Tunisia and Egypt. In Marmara, the good results of new hotels and oldest clubs in the Canary and Balearic Islands has made Spain his first destination. Of the 45.4 million received on Spanish soil since the early travelers, 11.7 million visited in Catalonia, the Balearic 8.5 million and 7.5 million in the Canaries.
These figures can meditate even worry the French tourism professionals. Admittedly, those tourists beyond the Pyrenees have the distinction of being much more spending than in France. They brought last year and $ 59 billion to the local economy against only 47 billion for foreign visitors to France and spending rose by a further 7.8% in the first half. In this niche of visitor spending, only the United States is better than Spain. Another concern: the price competitiveness of the hexagonal tourism. According to the 2013 ranking of the World Economic Forum, France tip last out of 140 countries on this criterion, 34 places behind Spain.
The British are the first customers (10.6 million since the beginning of the year), but the French are the ones that have the highest growth (7.6 million, an annual increase of 10.4%) ahead of the Germans (7.1 million). Only the Russians were down (-5%) between fallout from the Ukrainian crisis and weakness of the ruble against the euro.
Spending up sharply
This Spanish success is confirmed in French tour operators when the country takes full advantage of the fall in Tunisia and Egypt. In Marmara, the good results of new hotels and oldest clubs in the Canary and Balearic Islands has made Spain his first destination. Of the 45.4 million received on Spanish soil since the early travelers, 11.7 million visited in Catalonia, the Balearic 8.5 million and 7.5 million in the Canaries.
These figures can meditate even worry the French tourism professionals. Admittedly, those tourists beyond the Pyrenees have the distinction of being much more spending than in France. They brought last year and $ 59 billion to the local economy against only 47 billion for foreign visitors to France and spending rose by a further 7.8% in the first half. In this niche of visitor spending, only the United States is better than Spain. Another concern: the price competitiveness of the hexagonal tourism. According to the 2013 ranking of the World Economic Forum, France tip last out of 140 countries on this criterion, 34 places behind Spain.
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