Spain received five million passengers from international airports in September, which represents more than half of the arrivals in September 2019 (9.7 million) and an increase of 437% compared to the same month in 2020, according to the data released today by Turespaña. In the accumulated of the year, the volume of arrivals reached 20.7 million passengers, 12.7% more than in 2020.
For the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, Reyes Maroto, these data
"They reflect that we are going in the right direction and that the recovery of the Spanish tourism sector is solid, consolidating month by month with the official data that we are learning".
For the Minister of Tourism, the increase in arrivals from the main issuing countries shows that “Spain is perceived as a safe and quality destination where you can enjoy a few days of rest. And this has been possible thanks to the good pace achieved in the vaccination process, which has allowed the transfer of certainty to the international traveler, together with the use of the EU-COVID digital certificate, which has facilitated travel within the EU, together with the efforts of our tourism sector and the success of the promotional campaign deployed by Turespaña and our offices abroad to reinforce the positioning of our country as the first vacation destination ”, stated Maroto.
Of the total number of international passengers who traveled to Spain in September, the majority (59.8%) traveled with a low-cost company, while the remaining 40.2% opted for traditional airlines.
In September all the main emitting countries grew
The increase in international passengers has been registered in all the main issuing countries, with Germany (18.5% and 934,338 people) as the first market registering an increase of 688% year-on-year, arrivals that have been mainly directed to the Balearic and Canary Islands .
Passenger arrivals from British airports (17.3%) remain in second position with an increase of 387% compared to the same month in 2020, reaching 877,108 people.
Italy is the third issuing country of international passengers, with 428,661 passengers whose priority destinations were Catalonia and Madrid. Followed by France (394,856) and the Netherlands (379,636), which is the country that shows a higher degree of recovery (85%) compared to the data prior to the pandemic, September 2019.
Main Autonomous Communities of destination
The Balearic Islands was the main autonomous community of destination in the month of September (23.2% and 1,176,055 passengers), accumulating 24.7% of international passenger arrivals so far this year, which now exceed 5 million passengers.
It is followed by the Community of Madrid (19% and 959,706 passengers), Catalonia (18% and 908,572), Andalusia (13.6% and 689,937), the Canary Islands (12.1% and 613,951) and the Valencian Community (11.8% and 597,870).
By airports, Adolfo Suárez Madrid Barajas was the one that received the highest volume of international passengers (19% of the total), followed by Palma de Mallorca (17.1%), Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat (16.9%) , Malaga (11.3%), Alicante (8%), Ibiza (4.9%), Tenerife South (4.7%), Valencia (3.8%), Gran Canaria (3%) and Fuerteventura (2 ,2%).
The full note of Turespaña can be consulted at the following link
https://www.tourspain.es/es-es/ConocimientoTuristico/InformesCBC/NotaPasajerosAereos0921.pdf
