7th October 2025

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Foreign tourism to Spain in 2021 up by 64% – but falls short of government’s target

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Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (4 Feb) Data released this week confirmed that 31.1 million international tourists visited Spain during 2021, representing a significant jump of
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Spain’s latest economic data beats expectations – & unemployment lowest since 2008

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Spain’s economy continued to bounce back in the final quarter of 2021, as data released on Friday by the National Statistics Institute (INE) confirmed that
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Spain received 75% fewer international tourists in July, compared to 2019

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Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (28 Sept) Due to Coronavirus and international travel restrictions, Spain received 75% fewer international tourists in July, compared to the same
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Spain’s GDP fell by 18.5% in second quarter, due to Covid-19 lockdown

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Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (26 August) Spain’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) fell by 18.5% during April-June compared to the previous three months, due to the
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Spain prepares for national and international tourists … but will they come?

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Spain is slowly preparing to welcome tourists again – both national and international – as the country has now completed half of its four-phase de-escalation
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Spain’s ‘excess mortality’ during Coronavirus pandemic is over 43,000

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Latest: Coronavirus in Spain figures (3 Nov)  The global overall death toll from Coronavirus (Covid-19) could be around 60% higher than reported in official government