Much-needed revenues from foreign tourists collapsed in Spain this year as the coronavirus pandemic pushed many holiday makers to stay at home, further weighing down the euro zone’s fourth largest economy.
International tourist arrivals to Spain fell 76% year-on-year in August, official data released on Friday showed.
Over the first eight months of the year, some 15.7 million foreign tourists visited Spain, around 73% fewer than in the same period of 2019, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said.
Spending by Britons, usually the biggest contributors, fell around 10 billion euros to 2.61 billion.
In August alone, usually one of the top months for tourism in Spain, international tourist arrivals fell 76% year-on-year, with spending down 79%.
