{"id":11781,"date":"2026-01-14T02:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sedanoc.rwdesarrollos2.es\/actualidad\/spain-closes-2025-with-96-5-million-foreign-tourists-up-2-9-according-to-wttc\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T02:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T01:27:00","slug":"spain-closes-2025-with-96-5-million-foreign-tourists-up-2-9-according-to-wttc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sedanoc.rwdesarrollos2.es\/en\/actualidad\/spain-closes-2025-with-96-5-million-foreign-tourists-up-2-9-according-to-wttc\/","title":{"rendered":"SPAIN CLOSES 2025 WITH 96.5 MILLION FOREIGN TOURISTS, UP 2.9%, ACCORDING TO WTTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><b><i>Spain received 96.5 million international tourists last year, 2.9% more than in 2024, according to estimates by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) advanced this Wednesday by its CEO and interim president, Gloria Guevara.<\/i><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The contribution of the tourism sector to the Spanish economy has exceeded 260,000 million euros, 4.7% more than in 2024, and represents 16% of the national GDP, and has generated 3.2 million jobs, Guevara pointed out in a press conference.<\/p>\n<p><b>Guevara clarified that WTTC figures may vary a bit because they measure direct, indirect, and induced impact.<\/b><\/p>\n<h3><b>CONTRIBUTION TO THE GLOBAL ECONOMY GROWS BY 6.7%<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In 2025, global tourism has not only already recovered 100% after the COVID pandemic, but its contribution to the global economy has grown by 6.7% compared to 2024 and 13% compared to 2019, reaching 11.7 trillion dollars.<\/p>\n<p><b>&#8220;If we were a country, we would be the third largest economy in the world and that represents 10.3% of the global contribution,&#8221; Guevara specified.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>At the same time, in recent years, the sector has generated one out of every three new jobs on the planet, whereas, before the pandemic, it was one out of every four.<\/p>\n<p><b>In Europe, tourism contributes 2.9 trillion dollars to the continent&#8217;s economy, which represents 10% of its total GDP and implies an increase of 5.1% compared to 2024 and 11.6% compared to 2019 before the pandemic.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In 2025, more than 1,500 million people traveled worldwide, which means 80 million more travelers than in 2024, and more than 219,000 international arrivals each day, an &#8220;unprecedented&#8221; number, she highlighted.<\/p>\n<p><b>The United States remains, in terms of the size of the tourism economy, number one in the world, followed by China and others, despite a drop in international tourist spending, estimated at around 19,000 million dollars, because it has grown significantly in domestic travelers and has offset those losses, she noted.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>This slowdown in international spending is due to several factors, including a reduction in travelers from some markets, such as Europe or Canada, which has had an impact on the market.<\/p>\n<p><b>UN Tourism measures international visitor volumes, with France in the lead, followed by Spain and the United States, while &#8220;our measurement has a lot to do with the economy, because domestic tourism, in many countries, still represents more than 80%, including the United States, where it accounts for 85% and only 15% is international,&#8221; she qualified.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Unlike Spain, where it is 55-45%, &#8220;here international tourism has been very well diversified and the country has been able to benefit much more than the average from international tourists,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n<p><i>Source:<\/i> EFE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain received 96.5 million international tourists last year, 2.9% more than in 2024, according to estimates by the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) advanced this Wednesday by its CEO and interim president, Gloria Guevara. 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