Spain set for record tourist numbers in 2024 after first-half jump

The number of foreign tourists in Spain jumped 13 per cent in the first-half of 2024, putting the country on track for another record year for visitor numbers despite growing discontent over the impact of the holiday industry in some tourist hotspots.

For the six months to the end of June, 42.5 million international visitors arrived in Spain, with the month of June alone recording a 12 per cent rise to 9 million as the busier summer period picks up, according to Spain’s data agency INE.