What we have learnt about tourism in Catalonia & Spain!

In Catalonia, tourists from USA are the top spenders, both per day and per tourist trip

Catalonia's main feeder markets are

Coastal/islands regions in Spain accounts for 82% of total tourist international arrivals

Catalonia accounts for 25% of total international arrivals in Spain

In 2018, in Catalonia there is an estimation of tourist arrivals that can be broken into

Most visited places in Catalonia are...

Emerging destinations that will compete with Spain are

Although both are coastal destinations, average of tourist expendidure in Canarias is 25% higher than in Balears

Of all international tourist that came to Catalonia in 2018

How many milions of tourists arrived in Catalonia in 2018?

Any tourist destination must have a Tourism Strategic Plan

So far, in this course

Spain's main feeder markets are

To find data on Catalonia tourism....

Spain, being second in number of arrivals, first in number of overnights and first in tourist expendidure in Europe

Catalonia and Spain benefits from

Spain is a mature tourist destination

Catalonia is a top tourist destination, but must tackle some problems at the short term. The most important problems are

80% of the 82 milions of International Tourist in Spain arrived by plane (2018)

Spain and Catalonia are top world destinations for the same reasons, and have a similar tourism destination system

When talking about tourist expendidure in Catalonia, USA is....

Spain tourism is going to face the competition of emerging destinations, and a most probable economic crisis in Europe

Tourism GDP in Spain is 11% of total GDP

Number of tourist overnights in Spain in 2018 was 275 milions

There are over 11 milions of German Tourists in Spain, mainly because there are over 700 direct flights weekly