How does Spain benefit from tourism?

Tourism creates jobs for locals and, when practiced in a responsible way, can help local businesses thrive. Beyond the monetary benefits for individuals and businesses, tourism also helps preserve Spain's rich and fascinating history. Historic and cultural sites are able to be maintained thanks to tourist ticket sales.



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Since 2017 it has broken the record in number of visitors: thanks to the more than 83 million tourists arriving in Spain, every year it is recognized as the second most visited country in the world, after France. The United States and China follow.

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The ten most visited countries in the world are France, Mexico, the US, Italy, Spain, Hungary, China, Croatia, Turkey, and Denmark. France is the most visited country in the world with 117,109,000 international tourists, thanks to its rich history and iconic landmarks.

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Countries with the highest inbound tourism receipts worldwide 2019-2022. The United States was the country worldwide with the highest international tourism receipts in 2022.

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FAST FACTS
  • OFFICIAL NAME: Kingdom of Spain.
  • FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Parliamentary monarchy.
  • CAPITAL: Madrid.
  • POPULATION: 49,331,076.
  • OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: Castilian Spanish, Basque, Catalan, and Galician.
  • MONEY: Euro.
  • AREA: 195,363 square miles (505,988 square kilometers)


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It creates jobs, strengthens the local economy, contributes to local infrastructure development and can help to conserve the natural environment and cultural assets and traditions, and to reduce poverty and inequality.

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Tourism provides the economic stimulus to allow for diversification of employment and income potential, and develop resources within the community. Improvements in infrastructure and services can benefit both the locals and the tourists.

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Tourism offers great opportunities for emerging economies and developing countries. It creates jobs, strengthens the local economy, contributes to local infrastructure development and can help to conserve the natural environment and cultural assets and traditions, and to reduce poverty and inequality.

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