The figure marks an increase in the tenth month of 2024 of 8.5 percent and the total figure rises to 9.8 million, according to Turespaña. The overall increase for the year is 11.3 over 2023.

Andalusia, with 11.4 percent, and Valencia, with 10.8, were the Autonomous Communities with the best records in October, in the second case before the DANA catastrophe.

Canada, China and the United Arab Emirates were the countries with the greatest impact on the number of passengers arriving in Spain.

Also significative was the fugure of travelers from Latin American countries, mainly from Brazil and Colombia,

As for traditional markets, the United Kingdom, with 2.1 million passengers in October, generated 21.9 percent of the total flow of arrivals to Spain.

It was followed by Germany, with 1.5 million passengers in October, who mainly went to the Balearic Islands. Then came Italy with

almost one million travelers, focused on Catalonia and the Community of Madrid. In addition, France with 748,790 tourists.

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