Palma.In spite of the economic crisis or perhaps because of it, the expenditure of foreign tourists in Spain has increased by 6.4% in 2012 compared to last year, reaching 49.866 billion euros in the first ten months of 2012 thanks to a positive trend which has remained unvaried in the last six months, according to Egatur data from the industry, energy and tourism ministry.
On average foreign tourists spent 108 euros a day, up 6.8%.
The highest volume is due to British tourists who spent 10.2 billion, 7.7% of the total.
Germans followed with 8.1 billion, 5.4%, then French tourists with 4.5 billion, 4.1% and North Europeans with 4.2 billion. Italian tourists decreased 6.9% and spent 2.491 billion euros.
Catalonia earned the most: 11.4 billion totalling 22.9% with a 13.8% increase compared to the same period in 2011.
The Balearics followed with 9.9 billion, up 6.4%, then the Canaries with 8.6 billion, up 4.8% and Andalusia totalling 7.3 billion, up 0.5%.
The community of Madrid registered a 0.8% increase in expenditure at 4.4 billion while Valencia earned 4.3 billion with a 9.7% growth.
This trend continued in October: the average tourist expenditure grew 3.3% to 937 euros and the average daily expenditure rose 4.3% reaching 113 euros.
The United Kingdom and Germany most contributed to the increase of the past month and Catalonia, the Canary and Balearics were the areas which benefited the most.
The majority of tourists chose to stay in an apartment - 63.8% of the total (with a 6.1% increase from January to October) while those who chose a hotel grew 7.1%.
Also, 67% of those who travelled to Spain organised their own trip and did not buy a tourist package through a travel operator.
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