{"id":504473,"date":"2026-06-17T14:43:18","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/504473\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T14:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T14:43:18","slug":"worlds-second-most-visited-country-welcomes-26-5-million-tourists-in-4-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/504473\/","title":{"rendered":"World’s second most visited country welcomes 26.5 million tourists in 4 months"},"content":{"rendered":"

The country welcomed 9.1 million international tourists in April, a 5.2% increase compared to the same period of last year, according to data published on Monday by the National Statistics Institute.<\/p>\n

After a sluggish start to the year, Spain’s tourism sector regained momentum as the spring season unfolded.<\/p>\n

International arrivals accelerated in April, posting the strongest year-on-year growth in the past 12 months and underlining the continued resilience of demand from overseas visitors.<\/p>\n

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A couple take selfies in a crowded Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain, May 24, 2023. Photo by Reuters<\/p>\n

Analysts attribute the upswing to a combination of factors, including the continued recovery of long-haul travel particularly from the Americas, a resurgence in business travel, and growing demand for destinations perceived as safe and stable amid ongoing geopolitical uncertainty, EuroNews reported.<\/p>\n

Spain welcomed 96.8 million foreign tourists last year, a 3.2% increase from 2024, making it the second most visited country globally, behind France with 105 million visitors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The country welcomed 9.1 million international tourists in April, a 5.2% increase compared to the same period of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,61,60,386],"class_list":["post-504473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}